fruit tree

fruit tree

n (Plants) any tree that bears edible fruit

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fruit tree - tree bearing edible fruit custard apple, custard apple tree - any of several tropical American trees bearing fruit with soft edible pulpavocado tree, Persea Americana, avocado - tropical American tree bearing large pulpy green fruitsdurian, durian tree, Durio zibethinus, durion - tree of southeastern Asia having edible oval fruit with a hard spiny rindSalvadora persica, toothbrush tree, mustard tree - glabrous or pubescent evergreen shrub or tree of the genus Salvadora; twigs are fibrous and in some parts of the world are bound together in clusters and used as a toothbrush; shoots are used as camel fodder; plant ash provides saltolive tree - a tree of the genus Olea cultivated for its fruitanchovy pear, anchovy pear tree, Grias cauliflora - West Indian tree bearing edible fruit resembling mangoEugenia corynantha, sour cherry - Australian tree with sour red fruitEugenia uniflora, pitanga, Surinam cherry - Brazilian tree with spicy red fruit; often cultivated in California and FloridaEugenia jambos, jambosa, rose apple, rose-apple tree - tropical tree of the East Indies cultivated for its edible fruitjaboticaba, jaboticaba tree, Myrciaria cauliflora - small evergreen tropical tree native to Brazil and West Indies but introduced into southern United States; grown in Brazil for its edible tough-skinned purple grapelike fruit that grows all along the branchesguava bush, Psidium guajava, true guava, guava - small tropical American shrubby tree; widely cultivated in warm regions for its sweet globular yellow fruitguava, Psidium littorale, strawberry guava, yellow cattley guava - small tropical shrubby tree bearing small yellowish fruitcattley guava, Psidium cattleianum, Psidium littorale longipes, purple strawberry guava - small tropical shrubby tree bearing deep red oval fruitBrazilian guava, Psidium guineense - South American tree having fruit similar to the true guavapomegranate, pomegranate tree, Punica granatum - shrub or small tree native to southwestern Asia having large red many-seeded fruitGarcinia mangostana, mangosteen, mangosteen tree - East Indian tree with thick leathery leaves and edible fruitmamey, Mammea americana, mammee apple, mammee tree, mammee - tropical American tree having edible fruit with a leathery rindCarica papaya, melon tree, papaia, papaya, papaya tree, pawpaw - tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruitmulberry, mulberry tree - any of several trees of the genus Morus having edible fruit that resembles the blackberryArtocarpus altilis, Artocarpus communis, breadfruit, breadfruit tree - native to Pacific islands and having edible fruit with a texture like breadArtocarpus heterophyllus, jackfruit, jackfruit tree - East Indian tree cultivated for its immense edible fruit and seedsArtocarpus odoratissima, marang, marang tree - Philippine tree similar to the breadfruit tree bearing edible fruitChrysobalanus icaco, coco plum, coco plum tree, cocoa plum, icaco - small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruitCydonia oblonga, quince, quince bush - small Asian tree with pinkish flowers and pear-shaped fruit; widely cultivatedEriobotrya japonica, Japanese medlar, loquat, loquat tree, Japanese plum - evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-sized fruit with a large free stone; native to China and Japanapple tree - any tree of the genus Malus especially those bearing firm rounded edible fruitsmedlar tree, Mespilus germanica, medlar - small deciduous Eurasian tree cultivated for its fruit that resemble crab applesplum, plum tree - any of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single hard stoneplumcot, plumcot tree - hybrid produced by crossing Prunus domestica and Prunus armeniacaapricot, apricot tree - Asian tree having clusters of usually white blossoms and edible fruit resembling the peach

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