You will find that avocado is unlike any other fruit you have ever tasted.

The fruit is allowed to mature on the tree, but it is still firm at this point.

The fruit is then cooled to 42-degrees-F., a temperature at which it lapses into a sort of dormant state.

This cooling does not change the avocado in any way, it just delays the natural softening of the fruit until a grovelike temperature ( room temperature ) is restored.

Turn off at any one of the marked picnic areas ( gasoline companies have touring service bureaus that issue booklets on national parks to tell you where you have barbecue facilities ) and -- with soft drinks cooled from morning loading up, hamburger, buns, an array of relishes, and fresh fruit -- your lunch is 75% cheaper than at a restaurant, and 100% more fun.

`` The human ego being what it is '', I put in, `` science fiction has always assumed that the creatures on the planets of a thousand larger solar systems than ours must look like gigantic tube-nosed fruit bats.

The latest and, significantly, greatest fruit of this theatrical vine is The, an adaptation of Basho's classic frog-haiku by Roger Entwhistle, a former University of Maryland chemistry instructor.

White pepper is the ground seed of the common black pepper fruit.

Today, by contrast it is a lively and colorful fruit, vegetable, and flower market.

In Buddhism, karma ( Pāli kamma ) is strictly distinguished from vipāka, meaning " fruit " or " result ".

Vanilla is obtained from the fruit of the orchid Vanilla planifolia.

The fruit is a capsule.

The fruit of the almond is a drupe, consisting of an outer hull and a hard shell with the seed or " nut " ( which is not a true nut ) inside.

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The fruit is a samara drawn out into a long wing with the seed in the middle.

For example, the Hindu deity of Ganesh is represented as having the head of the elephant, thereby symbolizing that the fruit of righteous worships is abundance

The term " wild type " allele is sometimes used to describe an allele that is thought to contribute to the typical phenotypic character as seen in " wild " populations of organisms, such as fruit flies ( Drosophila melanogaster ).

Originally based on the date used to calculate the age of fruit trees for tithing as mandated in Leviticus 19: 23 – 25, the holiday now is most often observed by planting trees, or raising money to plant trees.

The shelter provided by these two mountainous ridges has produced a " micro climate " which provides relatively mild temperatures for the region and, coupled with the fertile glacial sedimentary soils on the valley floor, the region is conducive to growing vegetable and fruit crops.

In between lies Strathmore, a derivation of the Gaelic for the Great Valley, which is a fertile agricultural area noted for the growing of potatoes, soft fruit and the raising of Angus cattle.

*" Self-respect is the fruit of discipline, the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.

The oil palm of West Africa yields edible oil from both the flesh and the seed or kernel of its fruit.

Cereals are grasses ( members of the monocot family Poaceae, also known as Gramineae ) cultivated for the edible components of their grain ( botanically, a type of fruit called a caryopsis ), composed of the endosperm, germ, and bran.

The order also includes some edible fruits, including kiwi fruit ( Actinidia deliciosa ), persimmon ( genus Diospyros ), blueberry, huckleberry and cranberry, Brazil nut, and Mamey sapote.

In common language usage, " fruit " normally means the fleshy seed-associated structures of a plant that are sweet and edible in the raw state, such as apples, oranges, grapes, strawberries, and bananas.

In contrast, rhubarb is often referred to as a fruit, because it is used to make sweet desserts such as pies, though only the petiole of the rhubarb plant is edible.

However, the fruit wall is very thin, and is fused to the seed coat, so almost all of the edible grain is actually a seed.

It may crowd out desirable plants, disturb soil, stunt the growth of young seedlings, steal or damage fruit, or otherwise kill plants, hamper their growth, damage their appearance, or reduce the quality of the edible or ornamental portions of the plant.

* Bitter melon or goya, a tropical and subtropical vine with edible fruit

Gelatin desserts may be enhanced in many ways, such as using decorative molds, creating multicolored layers by adding a new layer of slightly cooled liquid over the previously-solidified one, or suspending non-soluble edible elements such as marshmallows or fruit.

The edible fruit closely resembles that of the orange ( Citrus sinensis ), but it is much smaller and ovular, being approximately the size and shape of an olive.

The round kumquat ( also Marumi kumquat or Morgani kumquat ) is an evergreen tree, producing edible golden-yellow colored fruit.

The Jiangsu kumquat or Fukushu kumquat bears edible fruit that can be eaten raw.

It is grown for its edible fruit and as an ornamental plant.

* III — edible fruit and vegetables

The genus includes the widespread common pawpaw Asimina triloba, which bears the largest edible fruit indigenous to the continent.

Several species of pear are valued by humans for their edible fruit, while others are cultivated as ornamental trees.

Asian species with medium to large edible fruit include P. pyrifolia, P. ussuriensis, P. × bretschneideri, P. × sinkiangensis, and P. pashia.

The fruit is a drupe, containing an elongated seed, which is the edible portion.

The objects that these words describe are, objectively speaking, similar ( that is, they're all edible plant parts ); yet the word " fruit " is ( usually ) non-count, whereas " vegetables " is a plural count form.

The fruit is botanically classified as a berry and contains numerous small, soft seeds which are edible, but have a bitter taste because they contain nicotinoid alkaloids ; this is unsurprising as it is a close relative of tobacco.

The fruit flesh is smooth ; as in the related tomato, the numerous seeds are soft and edible along with the rest of the fruit.

Wood choices tend to be deciduous hardwoods with a particular emphasis on the wood of edible or fruit bearing trees such as Cherry or Walnut.

It bears an edible juicy fruit also called a peach.

In addition to the fruit, other parts of the plant are edible.