Encyclopedia - Fruit: Encyclopedia - Fruit
In botany, a fruit is the ripened ovary—together with seeds—of a flowering plant. In many species, the fruit incorporates the ripened...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fruit: Encyclopedia Ii - Fruit - Botanic Fruits And Culinary Fruits
Many foods are botanically fruits, but are treated as vegetables in cooking. These include cucurbits (e.g., squash and pumpkin), maize, t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fruit: Encyclopedia Ii - Fruit - Fruit Development
After an ovule is fertilized in a process known as pollination, the ovary begins to expand. The petals of the flower fall off and the ovu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Grape: Encyclopedia - Grape
Vitis acerifolia Vitis aestivalis Vitis amurensis Vitis arizonica Vitis x bourquina Vitis californica Vitis x champinii Vitis cinerea Vi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Raisin: Encyclopedia - Raisin
Raisins are dried grapes. Raisins can be eaten raw or used in cooking and baking. Raisins are very sweet due to the high concentration of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Breadfruit: Encyclopedia - Breadfruit
The Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis), Malayalam: kada-chakkai, Hawaiian: ‘ulu; is a tree and fruit native to the east Indian Ocean and w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Watermelon: Encyclopedia - Watermelon
Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus, Family Cucurbitaceae) is the fruit and plant of a vine-like (climber and trailer) herb originally from sou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cucumber: Encyclopedia - Cucumber
Ref: ITIS 22364 The cucumber is the edible fruit of the cucumber plant Cucumis sativus, which belongs to the gourd family Cucurbitaceae, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carica: Encyclopedia - Carica
About 20-25 species, including: Carica candicans - Peruvian Papaya Carica cauliflora Carica cestriflora - Papaya de Terra Fria Carica chr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Orange Fruit: Encyclopedia - Orange Fruit
Orange—specifically, sweet orange—refers to the citrus tree Citrus sinensis and its fruit. The orange is a hybrid of ancient cultivat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Colchicine: Encyclopedia - Colchicine
Colchicine Colchicine is a highly poisonous alkaloid, originally extracted from plants of the genus Colchicum (Autumn crocus, also known...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vitis Vinifera: Encyclopedia - Vitis Vinifera
For thousands of years, the fruit and plant of Vitis vinifera, the European grapevine, have been harvested for both medicinal and nutriti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Date Palm: Encyclopedia - Date Palm
The Date Palm Phoenix dactylifera is a palm, extensively cultivated for its edible fruit. Due to its long history of cultivation for frui...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Banana: Encyclopedia - Banana
Hybrid origin; see text A banana plant is a herb in the genus Musa, which because of its size and structure, is often mistaken for a tree...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zakynthos: Encyclopedia - Zakynthos
Zakynthos (Ζάκυνθος, also known as Zante), the third largest of the Ionian Islands, covers an area of 410 square kilometers and i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cucumber: Encyclopedia Ii - Cucumber - Flowering And Pollination
A few varieties of cucumber are parthenocarpic, the blossoms creating seedless fruit without pollination. Pollination for these varieties...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Banana: Encyclopedia Ii - Banana - Properties
Bananas come in a variety of sizes and colours; most cultivars are yellow when ripe but some are red. The ripe fruit is easily peeled and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Watermelon: Encyclopedia Ii - Watermelon - Culture
For commercial plantings, one beehive per acre (4,000 m² per hive) is the minimum recommendation by the US Department of Agriculture for...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Watermelon: Encyclopedia Ii - Watermelon - Culture
For commercial plantings, one beehive per acre (4,000 m² per hive) is the minimum recommendation by the US Department of Agriculture for...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Date Palm: Encyclopedia Ii - Date Palm - Fruit
The fruit of the Date Palm is known as a date. They are oval-cylindrical, 3-7 cm long, and 2-3 cm diameter, and when unripe, range from b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Orange Fruit: Encyclopedia Ii - Orange Fruit - The Fruit
All citrus trees are of the single genus Citrus, and remain largely interbreedable; that is, there is only one "superspecies" which inclu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apples And Oranges: Encyclopedia Ii - Apples And Oranges - Criticism Of The Idiom
Criticisms of the idiom tend to assume that "you can't compare apples and oranges" is a descriptive statement capable of logical or scien...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zakynthos: Encyclopedia Ii - Zakynthos - Description
Zakynthos has a varied terrain, with fertile plains in the southeastern part and mountainous terrain with steep cliffs along the coasts o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fruit: Encyclopedia Ii - Fruit - Seed Dissemination
Variations in fruit structures largely relate to dissemination (called dispersal) of the seeds they contain. Some fruits have coats cover...   » Read the article

Article - Popular Pages Sitemap Vi - F
This is a sitemap for Popular Pages VI - F . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word. ...   » Read the article