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fruit

[froot] / frut /
NOUN
edible part of vegetative growth developed after flowering
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The greengrocers has been a feature on Ebbw Vale's high street for 30 years, but the 51-year-old admits getting people to buy fruit and veg is hard.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

On a Wednesday in February in the Coachella Valley, more than two dozen farmworkers weaved up and down rows of strawberries, their gloved hands flicking quickly to pluck the fruit and stash it in boxes.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

The soda and snacks company logged higher profit and revenue in the first quarter, as steps to turn around its snacks business are starting to bear fruit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

I’ve done it with apples — layering applesauce, apple butter and roasted fruit into a cake that tastes like fall — and with egg salad, where richness builds from every direction.

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2026

It was an unwritten rule that if the fruit was on the ground, it was okay to take—even if it was in someone’s yard.

From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm




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