Fruit are the means by which angiosperms disseminate their seeds. Edible fruits in particular have long propagated using the movements of humans and other animals in a symbiotic relationship that is the means for seed dispersal for the one group and nutrition for the other; humans, and many other animals, have become dependent on fruits as a source of food. Consequently, fruits account for a substantial fraction of the world's agricultural output, and some (such as the apple and the pomegranate) have acquired extensive cultural and symbolic meanings.

In common language and culinary usage, fruit normally means the seed-associated fleshy structures (or produce) of plants that typically are sweet (or sour) and edible in the raw state, such as apples, bananas, grapes, lemons, oranges, and strawberries. In botanical usage, the term fruit also includes many structures that are not commonly called as such in everyday language, such as nuts, bean pods, corn kernels, tomatoes, and wheat grains.

Many common language terms used for fruit and seeds differ from botanical classifications. For example, in botany, a fruit is a ripened ovary or carpel that contains seeds, e.g., an orange, pomegranate, tomato or a pumpkin. A nut is a type of fruit (and not a seed), and a seed is a ripened ovule.

In culinary language, a fruit is the sweet- or not sweet- (even sour-) tasting produce of a specific plant (e.g., a peach, pear or lemon); nuts are hard, oily, non-sweet plant produce in shells (e.g. hazelnut, acorn). Vegetables, so-called, typically are savory or non-sweet produce (e.g. zucchini, lettuce, broccoli, and tomato). But some may be sweet-tasting (sweet potato).

Examples of botanically classified fruit that are typically called vegetables include cucumber, pumpkin, and squash (all are cucurbits); beans, peanuts, and peas (all legumes); and corn, eggplant, bell pepper (or sweet pepper), and tomato. Many spices are fruits, botanically speaking, including black pepper, chili pepper, cumin and allspice. In contrast, rhubarb is often called a fruit when used in making pies, but the edible produce of rhubarb is actually the leaf stalk or petiole of the plant. Edible gymnosperm seeds are often given fruit names, e.g., ginkgo nuts and pine nuts.

Botanically, a cereal grain, such as corn, rice, or wheat is a kind of fruit (termed a caryopsis). However, the fruit wall is thin and fused to the seed coat, so almost all the edible grain-fruit is actually a seed.

he outer layer, often edible, of most fruits is called the pericarp. Typically formed from the ovary, it surrounds the seeds; in some species, however, other structural tissues contribute to or form the edible portion. The pericarp may be described in three layers from outer to inner, i.e., the epicarp, mesocarp and endocarp. Fruit that bear a prominent pointed terminal projection is said to be beaked

Consistent with the three modes of fruit development, plant scientists have classified fruits into three main groups: simple fruits, aggregate fruits, and multiple (or composite) fruits. The groupings reflect how the ovary and other flower organs are arranged and how the fruits develop, but they are not evolutionarily relevant as diverse plant taxa may be in the same group.

Simple fruit are the result of the ripening-to-fruit of a simple or compound ovary in a single flower with a single pistil. In contrast, a single flower with numerous pistils typically produces an aggregate fruit; and the merging of several flowers, or a 'multiple' of flowers, results in a 'multiple' fruit. A simple fruit is further classified as either dry or fleshy.

Berries are a type of simple fleshy fruit that issue from a single ovary. (The ovary itself may be compound, with several carpels.) The botanical term true berry includes grapes, currants, cucumbers, eggplants (aubergines), tomatoes, chilli peppers, and bananas, but excludes certain fruits that are called "-berry" by culinary custom or by common usage of the term – such as strawberries and raspberries. Berries may be formed from one or more carpels (i.e., from the simple or compound ovary) from the same, single flower. Seeds typically are embedded in the fleshy interior of the ovary.

Aggregate Fruit, also called an aggregation, or etaerio; develops from a single flower that presents numerous simple pistils. Each pistil contains one carpel; together, they form a fruitlet. The ultimate (fruiting) development of the aggregation of pistils is called an aggregate fruit, etaerio fruit, or simply an etaerio.

Hybrid fruit are created through the controlled speciation of fruits that creates new varieties and cross-breeds. Hybrids are grown using plant propagation to create new cultivars. This may introduce an entirely new type of fruit or improve the properties of an existing fruit.

Accessory Fruit Fruit may incorporate tissues derived from other floral parts besides the ovary, including the receptacle, hypanthium, petals, or sepals. Accessory fruits occur in all three classes of fruit development – simple, aggregate, and multiple. Accessory fruits are frequently designated by the hyphenated term showing both characters. For example, a pineapple is a multiple-accessory fruit, a blackberry is an aggregate-accessory fruit, and an apple is a simple-accessory fruit.

A large variety of fruits – fleshy (simple) fruits from apples to berries to watermelon; dry (simple) fruits including beans and rice and coconuts; aggregate fruits including strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, pawpaw; and multiple fruits such as pineapple, fig, mulberries – are commercially valuable as human food. They are eaten both fresh and as jams, marmalade and other fruit preserves. They are used extensively in manufactured and processed foods (cakes, cookies, baked goods, flavourings, ice cream, yogurt, canned vegetables, frozen vegetables and meals) and beverages such as fruit juices and alcoholic beverages (brandy, fruit beer, wine). Spices like vanilla, black pepper, paprika, and allspice are derived from berries. Olive fruit is pressed for olive oil and similar processing is applied to other oil-bearing fruits and vegetables. Some fruits are available all year round, while others (such as blackberries and apricots in the UK) are subject to seasonal availability.

Typically, many botanical fruits – "vegetables" in culinary parlance – (including tomato, green beans, leaf greens, bell pepper, cucumber, eggplant, okra, pumpkin, squash, zucchini) are bought and sold daily in fresh produce markets and greengroceries and carried back to kitchens, at home or restaurant, for preparation of meals.

The alphabetical list of all the fruit-based recipes on this site follows, (limited to 100 recipes per page). There are 5666 recipes in total:

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French Coconut Fish Curry      Origin: France	Fruit Curry      Origin: India	Fuchsia Berry Scones      Origin: Britain
French Guiana Sauce Chien      Origin: French Guiana	Fruit Curry      Origin: South Africa	Fuchsia Flower Salad      Origin: Britain
Fresh Coconut Cake      Origin: Aruba	Fruit Dumplings      Origin: Ancient	Fuchsia Jelly      Origin: American
Fresh Cranberry Sauce      Origin: American	Fruit Mince Pudding with Citrus Sauce      Origin: Britain	Fuggan      Origin: Britain
Fresh Fig Compote      Origin: Britain	Fruit Risshews      Origin: England	Fül (Broad Bean Paste)      Origin: Bahrain
Fresh Fruit Salad with Lemon Juice      Origin: China	Fruit Risshews      Origin: England	Ful Medames      Origin: Somaliland
Fresh Mushroom Salad      Origin: British	Fruit Salad with Balsamic Chasteberry Dressing      Origin: Fusion	Fulani Boullie      Origin: Central African Republic
Fresh Pear Shortcake      Origin: Britain	Fruit Salad with Kirsched Sea Spaghetti      Origin: Ireland	Full-flavoured Fish Stock      Origin: Britain
Fresh Pumpkin Pie      Origin: American	Fruit Scones      Origin: Britain	Fumbyree (Shelled Barley Porridge)      Origin: Manx
Fresh Raspberry Frozen Yoghurt      Origin: American	Fruit Scrap Vinegar      Origin: Britain	Futari (Sweet Potato and Pumpkin in Coconut Milk)      Origin: Tanzania
Fresh Strawberry Frozen Yoghurt      Origin: American	Fruit Shrewsbury Biscuits      Origin: Britain	Fuul Qurcaa oo Macaan (Kidney Bean Fuul)      Origin: Djibouti
Fresh Tomato Salsa      Origin: Spain	Fruit Smoothie with Ginseng      Origin: American	Fuzzy Banana Navel Smoothie      Origin: American
Friar's Omelette      Origin: Scotland	Fruit Sponge Cake      Origin: Czech	Fygey (Figgy Pottage)      Origin: England
Fricassée of Turkey      Origin: Britain	Fruit-glazed Easter Ham      Origin: Britain	Gâteau à L'Orange      Origin: France
Fricassé de chatrou (Chatrou Fricassee)      Origin: Guadeloupe	Fruited Luncheon Cake II      Origin: Britain	Gâteau au Coco (Coconut Cakes)      Origin: Togo
Fricassé de lambis (Queen Conch Fricassee)      Origin: Guadeloupe	Fruited Soda Bread      Origin: Britain	Gâteau Caraque      Origin: France
Fricassé de ouassous (Fricassée of Freshwater Prawns)      Origin: Guadeloupe	Fruity Banana Smoothie      Origin: American	Gâteau de Crêpes à l'Ananas (Millefeuille of Pancakes and Caramelized Pineapple)      Origin: France
Fried Breadfruit      Origin: Kiribati	Fruity Beef Casserole      Origin: Britain	Gâteau de Savoie (Savoy Cake)      Origin: France
Fried Brinjal Sambal      Origin: Myanmar	Fruity Brown Sauce      Origin: Britain	Gâteau de Semoule aux Agrumes (Semolina and Citrus Cake)      Origin: Mali
Fried Chicken Emirati Style      Origin: UAE	Fruity Chicken Curry      Origin: African Fusion	Gâteau marbré chocolat poire (Marbled Chocolate Yoghurt Cake)      Origin: France
Fried Cod Roe      Origin: Scotland	Fruity Chicken Curry      Origin: India	Gãteau à la Banane (Banana Cake)      Origin: Togo
Fried Giant Puffball Slices      Origin: Britain	Fruity Duck      Origin: Britain	Gabon Cucumber Salad      Origin: Gabon
Fried Herring      Origin: Scotland	Fruity Naan Bread      Origin: India	Gadang Pit (Red Curry Chicken)      Origin: Laos
Fried Morels      Origin: Britain	Fruity Pancake Traybake      Origin: Britain	Gaelic Fruit      Origin: Scotland
Fried Pawpaw      Origin: Malawi	Fruity Pork Skewers      Origin: Britain	Gaeng Karee Gai (Yellow Curry With Chicken)      Origin: Thailand
Friture (Fried Small River Fish)      Origin: Luxembourg	Fruity Skewers with Chocolate Dipping Sauce      Origin: Britain	Gaeng Khiaw Waen (Green Curry with Pork)      Origin: Thailand
Frosted Family Mince Pie      Origin: Britain	Fruity Turkey Curry      Origin: Britain	Gaeng Ki Lek (Northern Thai Pork and Ki Lek Curry with Fingerroot)      Origin: Thailand
Frozen Banana Smoothie      Origin: American	Fryplantain and Beans      Origin: Ghana	Gaeng Ki Lek (Northern Thai Pork and Ki Lek Curry with Fingerroot)      Origin: Thailand
Frozen Grapes, Chocolate and Aguardiente      Origin: Fusion	Frytor of pastronakes of skyrwyts and of apples (Fritters of Parsnips, Skirrets and of Apples)      Origin: England	Gaeng Pa (Jungle Curry Paste)      Origin: Thailand
Frucht-Chutney (Fruit Chutney)      Origin: Namibia	Frytour of Mylke (Milk Fritters)      Origin: England	Gaeng Pa-naeng (Panang Curry)      Origin: Thailand
Fruit à pain au lait de coco (Breadfruit with Coconut Milk)      Origin: Wallis Futuna	Frytour of Pasturnakes (Parsnip Fritters)      Origin: England	Gaeng Som (Thai Sour Curry)      Origin: Thailand
Fruit à pain frit (Fried Breadfruit)      Origin: Wallis Futuna	FSM Breadfruit Chips      Origin: Federated States Micronesia	Gaeng Som (Thai Sour Curry)      Origin: Thailand
Fruit à pain grillé (Barbecued Breadfruit)      Origin: Gambier Islands	FSM Tinola      Origin: Federated States Micronesia
Fruit and Bacon Braised Red Cabbage      Origin: Britain	Fuchsia Berry Jam      Origin: Britain

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