| has gloss | (noun) tree bearing edible fruit
fruit tree |
| has gloss | eng: A fruit tree is a tree bearing fruit that is consumed or used by people — all trees that are flowering plants produce fruit, which are the ripened ovary of a flower containing one or more seeds. In horticultural usage, the term fruit tree is limited to those that provide fruit for human food. Types of fruits are described and defined elsewhere (see Fruit), but would include fruit in a culinary sense as well as some nut bearing trees, like walnuts. |
| has gloss | eng: A fruit tree is a tree that produces edible fruits to hold their seeds. However, although every tree produces fruit, not all fruit is edible for humans. |
| lexicalization | eng: Fruit tree |
| lexicalization | eng: Fruit, tree |
| lexicalization | eng: Fruittree |
| subclass of | (noun) any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary
flowering tree, angiospermous tree |
| Note: 13 other subclass(es) ommited in the following list |
| has subclass | (noun) any of several tropical American trees bearing fruit with soft edible pulp
custard apple, custard apple tree |
| has subclass | (noun) tropical American tree bearing large pulpy green fruits
avocado, Persea Americana, avocado tree |
| has subclass | (noun) tree of southeastern Asia having edible oval fruit with a hard spiny rind
durion, durian tree, Durio zibethinus, durian |
| has subclass | (noun) 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 salt
toothbrush tree, mustard tree, Salvadora persica |
| has subclass | (noun) a tree of the genus Olea cultivated for its fruit
olive tree |
| has subclass | (noun) West Indian tree bearing edible fruit resembling mango
Grias cauliflora, anchovy pear, anchovy pear tree |
| has subclass | (noun) Australian tree with sour red fruit
Eugenia corynantha, sour cherry |
| has subclass | (noun) Brazilian tree with spicy red fruit; often cultivated in California and Florida
Eugenia uniflora, pitanga, Surinam cherry |
| has subclass | (noun) tropical tree of the East Indies cultivated for its edible fruit
Eugenia jambos, rose apple, jambosa, rose-apple tree |
| has subclass | (noun) small tropical American shrubby tree; widely cultivated in warm regions for its sweet globular yellow fruit
guava, true guava, Psidium guajava, guava bush |
| has subclass | (noun) small tropical shrubby tree bearing small yellowish fruit
Psidium littorale, strawberry guava, yellow cattley guava, guava |
| has subclass | (noun) small tropical shrubby tree bearing deep red oval fruit
Psidium cattleianum, cattley guava, purple strawberry guava, Psidium littorale longipes |
| has subclass | (noun) South American tree having fruit similar to the true guava
Psidium guineense, Brazilian guava |
| has subclass | (noun) shrub or small tree native to southwestern Asia having large red many-seeded fruit
Punica granatum, pomegranate tree, pomegranate |
| has subclass | (noun) tropical American tree having edible fruit with a leathery rind
mamey, mammee tree, mammee apple, mammee, Mammea americana |
| has subclass | (noun) tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit
Carica papaya, melon tree, papaya, pawpaw, papaia, papaya tree |
| has subclass | (noun) any of several trees of the genus Morus having edible fruit that resembles the blackberry
mulberry, mulberry tree |
| has subclass | (noun) native to Pacific islands and having edible fruit with a texture like bread
breadfruit tree, Artocarpus altilis, breadfruit, Artocarpus communis |
| has subclass | (noun) Philippine tree similar to the breadfruit tree bearing edible fruit
marang, marang tree, Artocarpus odoratissima |
| has subclass | (noun) small Asian tree with pinkish flowers and pear-shaped fruit; widely cultivated
Cydonia oblonga, quince, quince bush |
| has subclass | (noun) evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-sized fruit with a large free stone; native to China and Japan
loquat tree, Japanese medlar, loquat, Japanese plum, Eriobotrya japonica |
| has subclass | (noun) small deciduous Eurasian tree cultivated for its fruit that resemble crab apples
medlar, Mespilus germanica, medlar tree |
| has subclass | (noun) any of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single hard stone
plum, plum tree |
| has subclass | (noun) hybrid produced by crossing Prunus domestica and Prunus armeniaca
plumcot, plumcot tree |
| has subclass | (noun) Asian tree having clusters of usually white blossoms and edible fruit resembling the peach
apricot tree, apricot |
| has subclass | (noun) any of several small bushy trees having pink or white blossoms and usually bearing nuts
almond tree |
| has subclass | (noun) variety or mutation of the peach bearing fruit with smooth skin and (usually) yellow flesh
Prunus persica nectarina, nectarine tree, nectarine |
| has subclass | (noun) Old World tree having sweet gritty-textured juicy fruit; widely cultivated in many varieties
pear tree, pear, Pyrus communis |
| has subclass | (noun) any tree of the genus Genipa bearing yellow flowers and edible fruit with a thick rind
genipa |
| has subclass | (noun) East Indian evergreen tree bearing very acid fruit
bilimbi, Averrhoa bilimbi |
| has subclass | (noun) African tree with edible yellow fruit resembling mangos; valued for its oil-rich seed and hardy green wood that resists termites
dika, Irvingia gabonensis, wild mango, wild mango tree |
| has subclass | (noun) widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits; introduced in Jamaica by William Bligh
akee tree, akee, Blighia sapida |
| has subclass | (noun) tree of southeastern Asia to Australia grown primarily for its sweet edible fruit resembling litchi nuts; sometimes placed in genera Euphorbia or Nephelium
Euphorbia litchi, Nephelium longana, Dimocarpus longan, longanberry, longan, lungen |
| has subclass | (noun) tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp
honey berry, genip, mamoncillo, ginep, Spanish lime tree, Melicocca bijuga, Melicocca bijugatus, Spanish lime |
| has subclass | (noun) Malayan tree bearing spiny red fruit
rambotan, Nephelium lappaceum, rambutan, rambutan tree |
| has subclass | (noun) East Indian fruit tree bearing fruit similar to but sweeter than that of the rambutan
pulassan, Nephelium mutabile, pulasan, pulasan tree |
| has subclass | (noun) tropical American tree having edible yellow fruit
hog plum, Spondias mombin, yellow mombin, yellow mombin tree |
| has subclass | (noun) any of several tropical trees of the genus Diospyros
persimmon tree, persimmon |
| has subclass | (noun) evergreen tree of West Indies and Central America having edible purple fruit star-shaped in cross section and dark green leaves with golden silky undersides
star apple, Chrysophyllum cainito, caimito |
| has subclass | (noun) large tropical American evergreen yielding chicle gum and edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Achras
Manilkara zapota, Achras zapota, sapodilla tree, sapodilla |
