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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Hígado Aromático (Aromatic Liver)      Origin: Colombia	Hastletes of Fruyt (Roast Fruit)      Origin: England	Highveld Lamb Curry      Origin: South Africa
Habanero Hot Sauce      Origin: America	Haw Sauce      Origin: Britain	Higos con Queso (Figs with Cheese)      Origin: Ecuador
Habichuelas Guisadas (Dominican Bean Stew)      Origin: Dominican Republic	Hawaiian Brunch Pizza      Origin: Hawaii	Hilbeh (Yemeni Fenugreek Dip)      Origin: Yemen
Habichuelas Negras (Puerto Rican Stewed Black Beans)      Origin: Puerto Rico	Hawthorn Berry Sauce      Origin: Britain	Hilib Ari (Somali Camel Meat Kebabs)      Origin: Somalia
Haedum sive Agnum Parthicum (Parthian Kid or Lamb)      Origin: Roman	Hawthorn Flour      Origin: Britain	Hilib Ari (Djibouti Camel Meat Kebabs)      Origin: Djibouti
Hakka Salt-baked Chicken      Origin: China	Hawthorn Flour Pancakes      Origin: Britain	Hilib Ari (Somaliland Camel Meat Kebabs)      Origin: Somaliland
Halibut and Tomato Curry      Origin: Britain	Hawthorn Flour Waffles      Origin: Britain	Himalayan Balsam Petal Syrup      Origin: Britain
Halibut with Pine Nut and Parmesan Crust      Origin: Britain	Hawthorn Jelly      Origin: Britain	Hinbeh B'zeit (Dandelion Greens with Caramelized Onions)      Origin: Lebanon
Halloumi Fajitas      Origin: British	Hawthorn Jelly II      Origin: Britain	Hindbeh b Zeit (Dandelion Leaves in Oil)      Origin: Lebanon
Halloween Cheesecake      Origin: Britain	Hazelnut and Cowberry Cake      Origin: Canada	Hindle Wakes      Origin: England
Halloween Fudge      Origin: Canada	Hazelnut crêpes with caramelised bananas      Origin: Britain	Hips and Haws Jelly      Origin: Britain
Halloween Jack-o-Lantern Pumpkin Cupcakes      Origin: British	Hazelnut Crescents      Origin: Turkmenistan	Hjortron Jøm (Cloudberry Jam)      Origin: Sweden
Halloween Plum and Blackberry Crumble with Gingerbread Men      Origin: Britain	Heartsease Flower Jelly      Origin: Britain	Hjortron Sufflé (Cloudberry soufflé)      Origin: Sweden
Halloween Sparkle Punch      Origin: America	Hearty Hogmanay Tart      Origin: Scotland	Hjortronsylt (Cloudberry Preserve)      Origin: Sweden
Halloween Sugar Cookies      Origin: American	Heather Biscotti      Origin: Scotland	Hoender Pasteie (Boer Chicken Pie)      Origin: South Africa
Halo-halo      Origin: Philippines	Heather Flower Syrup      Origin: Canada	Hoenderpastei (South African Chicken Pie)      Origin: South Africa
Halvah with Butter      Origin: Albania	Heather Mead      Origin: Britain	Hogmanay Whisky Cake      Origin: Scotland
Ham di Pasku (Easter or Holiday Ham)      Origin: Aruba	Heavenly Orange Cake      Origin: American	Hojuelas (Fried Puff Squares)      Origin: Colombia
Ham di Pasku (Easter or Holiday Ham)      Origin: Bonaire	Hebridean Carrageen Pudding with Rose Water and Cardamom      Origin: Scotland	Holdermus (Elderberry Mush)      Origin: Germany
Ham di Pasku (Easter or Holiday Ham)      Origin: Curacao	Hebridean Dulse Broth      Origin: Scotland	Holiday Delight Cheesecake      Origin: American
Ham Sauce      Origin: Britain	Heinz 57 Sauce Copycat      Origin: American	Hollandaise Sauce      Origin: France
Hamam Meshwi (Char-grilled Pigeon)      Origin: Egypt	Heirloom Raisin Muffins      Origin: American	Home-made Anchovy Essence      Origin: Britain
Hamutzim (Israeli Pickled Vegetables)      Origin: Israel	Helawat al Jazr (Sweet Carrots with Cardamom)      Origin: Iraq	Home-made Diced Tomatoes with Green Chillies      Origin: America
Hard Tack Figgy-dowdy      Origin: England	Herb and Garlic Prawns      Origin: Britain	Home-made Drinking Buttermilk      Origin: Britain
Hari Mirch ka Achar (Indian Pickled Green Chillies)      Origin: India	Herb Crusted Cod      Origin: Britain	Home-made Kadayıf      Origin: Turkey
Harira      Origin: Djibouti	Herb Dressing      Origin: Middle East	Home-made Kataifi      Origin: Nigeria
Harira Bidaouia      Origin: Morocco	Herbed Gorgonzola Cheesecake      Origin: American	Home-made Mascarpone      Origin: Italy
Harira Mauritanienne (Mauritanian Harira)      Origin: Mauritania	Herbed Lemon Sorbet      Origin: Britain	Home-made Salsa Lizano      Origin: Costa Rica
Hariyali Murgh Tikka (Green Chicken Tikka)      Origin: India	Herby Millet Rings      Origin: African Fusion	Home-made Tutti Frutti      Origin: Jamaica
Hart rows      Origin: England	Herodotus' Pudding      Origin: Britain	Homentashn (Poppy Pockets)      Origin: Jewish
Harvest Drink      Origin: England	Hertzoggies      Origin: South Africa	Homesteaders Honey      Origin: American
Harvest Soup      Origin: American	Hevva Cake (Heavy Cake)      Origin: England	Honduran Salpicón      Origin: Honduras
Hashwe (Arabian Stuffed Vegetables)      Origin: Arabia	Hibiscus and Redcurrant Tea      Origin: Fusion
Hassa (Libyan Gravy)      Origin: Libya	High Dumpsy Dearie Jam      Origin: England

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