fruit
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The temperamental little, yellow fruit with its susceptibility to heavy rain and viruses can be tough to grow, while devastating hurricanes in Jamaica, a prime producer of Scotch bonnets, delivered a further blow.
From BBC • May 31, 2026
As one of Jamaica's largest buyers of the fruit, for Gray's Pepper the shortages have been onerous.
From BBC • May 31, 2026
Bernard told the former Goldman Sachs executive that the film industry was low-hanging fruit.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
Experiments in mice showed that animals deprived of protein developed a strong preference for essential amino acids, similar to the behavior seen in fruit flies.
From Science Daily • May 28, 2026
I relaxed and ate jícama dusted with chili powder from a tall fruit cup and told myself we could move here if Papá never came back and we lost the house.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
Vocabulary lists containing fruit
Plants (Botany) - Introduction
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Plants (Botany) - Middle School
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Plants (Botany) - High School
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