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The 49 pages that link to Fruit, each with the reason it gives.

• Seed dispersalRelated: Fruits protect seeds and often provide structures or rewards involved in transport.

• PollinationRelated: In many flowering plants, pollination and subsequent fertilization initiate fruit development.

• SeedRelated: In flowering plants, seeds develop inside fruits that can aid their dispersal.

• FlowerNarrower topic: The flower's ovary commonly develops into fruit after fertilization.

• FrugivoryNarrower topic: Fruits provide the food resource that makes animal-mediated seed transport possible.

• BerryNarrower topic: Berry is one specific kind of fruit defined by its structure and development.

• Flowering plantBroader topic: Fruit develops around angiosperm seeds and often aids their dispersal.

• LegumeNarrower topic: Legumes are one specialized kind of flowering-plant fruit.

• FructoseRelated: Many fruits contain fructose together with glucose, water, and fiber.

• DrupeNarrower topic: A drupe is one structural type of fruit.

• FrugivoreBroader topic: Its edible tissues supply the food that makes frugivory possible.

• AcheneNarrower topic: Achenes are fruits formed from a single ovary.

• TomatoRelated: The tomato is a fruit by botanical definition, even when used as a savory ingredient.

• CarpelRelated: The carpel’s ovary commonly matures into a fruit after fertilization.

• CaryopsisNarrower topic: A caryopsis is a specialized fruit, despite often being called a seed.

• InvolucreRelated: In some plants, an involucre remains around the developing or mature fruit.

• JamNarrower topic: Fruit supplies jam’s flavor, color, acidity, and much of its texture.

• Wind dispersalRelated: A fruit's wings, hairs, or other structures can shape its movement in air.

• Nut (fruit)Narrower topic: A nut is one specific kind of fruit, defined by its mature ovary wall.

• SepalRelated: Sepals can persist at the base of some fruits and aid identification.

• Vegetable (food)Compared with: Culinary vegetables such as tomatoes can be botanical fruits.

• ErythritolRelated: Erythritol occurs naturally in small amounts in some fruits, including pears and melons.

• Winter squashNarrower topic: Botanically, squash are fruits, even though they are usually prepared as vegetables.

• CupuleRelated: The cupule supports or surrounds this structure without being the fruit itself.

• PappusNarrower topic: The pappus is attached to a fruit, usually at its distal end.

• ArilCompared with: An aril is an appendage associated with an individual seed, not necessarily the fruit surrounding it.

• ZucchiniNarrower topic: Botanically, zucchini is a fruit because it develops from a flower and bears seeds.

• JellyNarrower topic: Fruit supplies the juice and natural pectin used in many jellies.

• PomeNarrower topic: A pome is one specialized kind of fruit.

• Fruit preservesNarrower topic: Fruit supplies the flavors, acids, and textures that distinguish preserves.

• GynoeciumRelated: After fertilization, the gynoecium's ovary commonly develops into a fruit.

• ConvolvulaceaeRelated: Capsules are the typical fruits of the family, while sweet potato is a modified root.

• OlericultureCompared with: Some crops treated as vegetables in cooking, such as tomatoes, are botanical fruits.

• PomologyNarrower topic: Botanical fruit includes crops that culinary usage classifies as vegetables or nuts.

• Spaghetti squashRelated: Botanically, the edible squash is a fruit even though it is cooked as a vegetable.

• Long pepperNarrower topic: Long pepper is harvested as a dense spike of tiny fruits.

• Cucumis meloRelated: The edible melons are botanically fruits formed from the flower’s ovary.

• Malus sieversiiNarrower topic: Apple fruit form and flavor vary widely among wild trees of this species.

• Momordica charantiaNarrower topic: The edible bitter melon is the mature fruit formed after flowering.

• TumbleweedRelated: Seeds are commonly carried in fruits or seed-bearing structures on a tumbleweed.

• Annona squamosaNarrower topic: The species is widely cultivated for its edible fruit.

• ColchicumRelated: Colchicum’s capsule develops underground after autumn flowering and appears with the spring leaves.

• Corypha umbraculiferaRelated: After flowering, the palm develops fruit before the parent plant dies.

• Cucumis metuliferusNarrower topic: Its edible pulp and seeds make the fruit the plant's most familiar feature.

• Dragon fruitNarrower topic: Botanically, dragon fruit is a cactus fruit formed from a flower's ovary.

• ErythroxylumRelated: Fruit and seed traits help characterize flowering-plant lineages.

• Evolutionary history of plantsRelated: Fruits evolved varied seed-dispersal strategies after the origin of flowering plants.

• Pouteria campechianaNarrower topic: Canistel is a botanical fruit as well as a food crop.

• SambucusNarrower topic: The familiar elderberry is the mature fruit produced after flowering and fertilization.