true fruit
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There were others who believed that the Christian moral system must remain, because it had commended itself to man's nature as the highest and best and was the true fruit of evolutionary progress.
From Gilbert Keith Chesterton by Ward, Maisie
What we deem the fruit of the fig is, it will be remembered, only the husk, the apparent seeds being the true fruit and—before ripening—the blossom.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118 by Various
They open as nuts do, and then you will find a kernel inside which is the true fruit.’
From The Desert Home The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness by Reid, Mayne
The coverings surrounding them complete the true fruit.
From Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study by Ontario. Ministry of Education
The outer succulent part is the swollen receptacle, the horny core being the true fruit developed from the usually five carpels and enclosing the seeds.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
