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In a [[shap]], a '''fruit''' is ony fleshy, sweet [[plaunt]] growthe.
In [[botany]], a fruit is a plaunt structur that conteens its [[seed]]s. The wird ''fruit'' is uised anerly gif it comes frae the pairt o the [[flouer]] that wis a [[ovary]].<ref>Mauseth, James D. 2003. ''Botany: an introduction to plant biology''. Jones & Bartlett, Boston.</ref> It is a extrae layer roond the seeds that micht or michtna be fleshy. Houaniver, even in botany, thare isna general greeance on hou fruits shoud be clessifeed. Mony dae hae extrae layers frae ither pairts o the flouer.<ref>Schlegel, Rolf 2003. ''Encyclopedic dictionary of plant breeding and related subjects''. Haworth Press. ISBN 1-56022-950-0.</ref> 

[[File:Mature flower diagram.svg|thumb|center|400px|Diagram o a flouer, cut apen, shaws whaur the ovary is]] 

== Botanical fruits ==
The botanical term includes mony that arena "fruits" in the common sense o the term, sic as the vegetables [[squash]], [[pumpkin]]s, [[cucumber]]s, [[tomato]], [[pease]], [[bean]]s, [[corn]], [[eggplaunt]], an [[sweet pepper]] an some spices, sic as [[allspice]] an [[chillie]]s.

== See forby ==
* [[Leet o fruit]]

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