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 5078 recipes in total:

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Rum Cake      Origin: British Virgin Islands	Saint Martin Poulet de Colombo      Origin: Sint Maarten	Salsify and Apple Soup      Origin: England
Rum Cake      Origin: US Virgin Islands	Saint Martin Poulet de Colombo      Origin: Saint-Martin	Salsify with Cheese      Origin: Britain
Rum Raisin Cheesecake      Origin: Britain	Saint Martin Sauce Chien      Origin: Saint-Martin	Salt and Pepper Squid Rings      Origin: South Africa
Rummed Yams      Origin: Aruba	Saint Vincent Black Cake      Origin: Saint Vincent	Salt Cod and Potatoes      Origin: Bermuda
Rupjmaize (Latvian Rye Bread)      Origin: Latvia	Saint Vincent Curry Breadfruit      Origin: Saint Vincent	Saltah      Origin: Yemen
Rupjmaizes Kārtojums (Latvian Layered Rye Bread Dessert)      Origin: Latvia	Saint Vincent Curry Conch with Dumplings      Origin: Saint Vincent	Saltfish Accra      Origin: Barbados
Russhewses of Fruyt (Fruit Patties)      Origin: England	Saint Vincent Pig Feet Souse      Origin: Saint Vincent	Saltfish And Breadfruit Hash      Origin: Saint Kitts
Rwandan Beef Stew      Origin: Rwanda	Saint-Martin Pork Ribs      Origin: Saint-Martin	Saltfish Buljol with Avocado and Cucumber      Origin: Aruba
Rygh in sauce (Ruffe in Sauce)      Origin: England	Saint-Martin Whelk Soup      Origin: Saint-Martin	Saltfish Salad      Origin: Anguilla
Rødgrød med Fløde (Danish Red Berry Pudding)      Origin: Denmark	Saksak (Sago and Banana Dumpling)      Origin: Papua New Guinea	Saltsa gia Psari (Red Sauce for Fish)      Origin: Greece
Süßer Hirsebrei (Sweet Millet Porridge)      Origin: Namibia	Salad Cennin, Afalau a Chnau Ffrengig (Leek, Apple and Walnut Salad)      Origin: Welsh	Saltwater Taffy      Origin: Britain
Saare jerk-sealiha (Island Jerk Pork)      Origin: Dominica	Salad Gwydrwymon gyda Ffenigl ac Oren (Gutweed Salad with Fennel and Orange)      Origin: Welsh	Sambal Belacan      Origin: Malaysia
Saba Breadfruit Curry      Origin: Saba	Salad Palmis (Palmito Salad)      Origin: Seychelles	Sambal Kacang (Indonesian Peanut Sauce)      Origin: Indonesia
Saba Callaloo      Origin: Saba	Salada Limao (Lemon Salad)      Origin: Angola	Sambal Olek      Origin: Indonesia
Saba Spice Cake      Origin: Saba	Salada Pêra de Abacate (Avocado Salad)      Origin: Mozambique	Samia' Metchou Peng Pa (Khmer Fish Stew with Lemongrass)      Origin: Cambodia
Sabah Tempoyak (Durian Tempoyak)      Origin: Malaysia	Salade de Palmiers et Avocat (Heart of Palm and Avocado Salad)      Origin: New Caledonia	Samish Mirchi Soup (Mulligatawny Soup)      Origin: India
Saban Curry Conch (Saban Curry Conchs)      Origin: Saba	Salade de Pissenlit (Dandelion Salad)      Origin: France	Samlar Machu (Cambodian Sour Soup)      Origin: Cambodia
Sabich      Origin: Israel	Salade Greque (Greek Salad, French Style)      Origin: France	Samlor Korko (Cambodian 'Mixing Soup')      Origin: Cambodia
Saboera Biscuits      Origin: South Africa	Salata Aswad (Sudanese Aubergine Salad)      Origin: Sudan	Samlor Machu Trey (Sweet and Sour Soup with Fish)      Origin: Cambodia
Sach Ko Nung Slirk S'krey Chomkak (Lemongrass Beef Kebab)      Origin: Cambodia	Salata Aswad be Zabadi (Fried Aubergine Salad)      Origin: South Sudan	Samoan Poi (Mashed Bananas with Coconut Cream)      Origin: Samoa
Sach Ko Tirk Prahok (Beef in Fish Sauce)      Origin: Cambodia	Salata Aswad be Zabadi (Aubergine and Yoghurt Salad)      Origin: Sudan	Samp and Beans Croquettes      Origin: South Africa
Saffron and Fig Risotto      Origin: Italy	Salata Ducos (Green Coriander Salad)      Origin: Saudi Arabia	Samphire and Crab Salad      Origin: Britain
Safou a la Sauce Tomate (Bush Pears in Tomato Sauce)      Origin: Cameroon	Salmagundi      Origin: Britain	Samphire with Girolles      Origin: Scotland
Safra (Semolina and Date Cake)      Origin: Libya	Salmagundi with Herby Rack of Lamb      Origin: Britain	Samrdhh Murgh Jaipuri (Jaipuri Chicken Curry)      Origin: India
Sage and Lemon Poussin      Origin: Britain	Salmon and Couscous en Papillote      Origin: British	Samsas (Sweet Nutty Samosas)      Origin: Bangladesh
Sage Jelly      Origin: Britain	Salmon Brochettes      Origin: Britain	Samusa aux Crevettes Réunionaise (Reunion Shrimp Samosas)      Origin: Reunion
Sago Pudding with Gula Malacca      Origin: Singapore	Salmon with Hot Beetroot Relish      Origin: British	Sancocho de siete carnes (Seven meat stew)      Origin: Dominican Republic
Sahina      Origin: Trinidad	Salmoriglio      Origin: Italy	Sanddorn-Muffin (Sea-buckthorn Muffins)      Origin: Germany
Saint Helena Ginger Beer      Origin: St Helena	Salsa Bandera      Origin: Mexico	Sangkhaya Fakthong (Custard Pumpkin)      Origin: Thailand
Saint Helena Rock Cakes      Origin: St Helena	Salsa de Abacate de Guineano (Equatorial Guinean Avocado Salsa)      Origin: Equatorial Guinea	Sangría Especial (Special Sangria)      Origin: Spain
Saint Kitts and Nevis Jerk Burger      Origin: Saint Kitts	Salsa Rosada (Colombian Pink Sauce)      Origin: Colombia	Sangria      Origin: Spain
Saint Lucia Lambi Soup with Dumplings      Origin: Saint Lucia	Salsa Rosada (Pink Sauce)      Origin: Dominican Republic	Sao Tomean Feijoada      Origin: Sao Tome
Saint Lucia Paime      Origin: Saint Lucia	Salsa Rosada (Pink Sauce)      Origin: Colombia
Saint Lucia Papaya Hot Pepper Sauce      Origin: Saint Lucia	Salsa Rosada (Pink Sauce)      Origin: Venezuela

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