| fruit tree | | |
| n. (plant) | 1. fruit tree | tree bearing edible fruit. |
| ~ custard apple, custard apple tree | any of several tropical American trees bearing fruit with soft edible pulp. |
| ~ avocado tree, persea americana, avocado | tropical American tree bearing large pulpy green fruits. |
| ~ durian, durian tree, durio zibethinus, durion | tree of southeastern Asia having edible oval fruit with a hard spiny rind. |
| ~ salvadora persica, toothbrush tree, mustard tree | glabrous or pubescent evergreen shrub or tree of the genus Salvadora; twigs are fibrous and in some parts of the world are bound together in clusters and used as a toothbrush; shoots are used as camel fodder; plant ash provides salt. |
| ~ olive tree | a tree of the genus Olea cultivated for its fruit. |
| ~ anchovy pear, anchovy pear tree, grias cauliflora | West Indian tree bearing edible fruit resembling mango. |
| ~ eugenia corynantha, sour cherry | Australian tree with sour red fruit. |
| ~ eugenia uniflora, pitanga, surinam cherry | Brazilian tree with spicy red fruit; often cultivated in California and Florida. |
| ~ eugenia jambos, jambosa, rose-apple tree, rose apple | tropical tree of the East Indies cultivated for its edible fruit. |
| ~ jaboticaba, jaboticaba tree, myrciaria cauliflora | small evergreen tropical tree native to Brazil and West Indies but introduced into southern United States; grown in Brazil for its edible tough-skinned purple grapelike fruit that grows all along the branches. |
| ~ guava bush, psidium guajava, true guava, guava | small tropical American shrubby tree; widely cultivated in warm regions for its sweet globular yellow fruit. |
| ~ guava, psidium littorale, strawberry guava, yellow cattley guava | small tropical shrubby tree bearing small yellowish fruit. |
| ~ cattley guava, psidium cattleianum, psidium littorale longipes, purple strawberry guava | small tropical shrubby tree bearing deep red oval fruit. |
| ~ brazilian guava, psidium guineense | South American tree having fruit similar to the true guava. |
| ~ pomegranate, pomegranate tree, punica granatum | shrub or small tree native to southwestern Asia having large red many-seeded fruit. |
| ~ garcinia mangostana, mangosteen, mangosteen tree | East Indian tree with thick leathery leaves and edible fruit. |
| ~ mamey, mammea americana, mammee apple, mammee tree, mammee | tropical American tree having edible fruit with a leathery rind. |
| ~ carica papaya, melon tree, papaia, papaya, papaya tree, pawpaw | tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit. |
| ~ mulberry, mulberry tree | any of several trees of the genus Morus having edible fruit that resembles the blackberry. |
| ~ artocarpus altilis, artocarpus communis, breadfruit, breadfruit tree | native to Pacific islands and having edible fruit with a texture like bread. |
| ~ artocarpus heterophyllus, jackfruit, jackfruit tree | East Indian tree cultivated for its immense edible fruit and seeds. |
| ~ artocarpus odoratissima, marang, marang tree | Philippine tree similar to the breadfruit tree bearing edible fruit. |
| ~ chrysobalanus icaco, coco plum, coco plum tree, cocoa plum, icaco | small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit. |
| ~ cydonia oblonga, quince, quince bush | small Asian tree with pinkish flowers and pear-shaped fruit; widely cultivated. |
| ~ eriobotrya japonica, japanese medlar, loquat, loquat tree, japanese plum | evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-sized fruit with a large free stone; native to China and Japan. |
| ~ apple tree | any tree of the genus Malus especially those bearing firm rounded edible fruits. |
| ~ medlar tree, mespilus germanica, medlar | small deciduous Eurasian tree cultivated for its fruit that resemble crab apples. |
| ~ plum, plum tree | any of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single hard stone. |
| ~ plumcot, plumcot tree | hybrid produced by crossing Prunus domestica and Prunus armeniaca. |
| ~ apricot, apricot tree | Asian tree having clusters of usually white blossoms and edible fruit resembling the peach. |
| ~ cherry tree, cherry | any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwood. |
| ~ almond tree | any of several small bushy trees having pink or white blossoms and usually bearing nuts. |
| ~ peach, peach tree, prunus persica | cultivated in temperate regions. |
| ~ nectarine, nectarine tree, prunus persica nectarina | variety or mutation of the peach bearing fruit with smooth skin and (usually) yellow flesh. |
| ~ pear tree, pyrus communis, pear | Old World tree having sweet gritty-textured juicy fruit; widely cultivated in many varieties. |
| ~ fruitwood | wood of various fruit trees (as apple or cherry or pear) used especially in cabinetwork. |
| ~ genipa | any tree of the genus Genipa bearing yellow flowers and edible fruit with a thick rind. |
| ~ averrhoa carambola, carambola, carambola tree | East Indian tree bearing deeply ridged yellow-brown fruit. |
| ~ averrhoa bilimbi, bilimbi | East Indian evergreen tree bearing very acid fruit. |
| ~ citrus tree, citrus | any of numerous tropical usually thorny evergreen trees of the genus Citrus having leathery evergreen leaves and widely cultivated for their juicy edible fruits having leathery aromatic rinds. |
| ~ dika, irvingia gabonensis, wild mango, wild mango tree | African tree with edible yellow fruit resembling mangos; valued for its oil-rich seed and hardy green wood that resists termites. |
| ~ akee, akee tree, blighia sapida | widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits; introduced in Jamaica by William Bligh. |
| ~ dimocarpus longan, euphorbia litchi, longan, longanberry, lungen, nephelium longana | tree of southeastern Asia to Australia grown primarily for its sweet edible fruit resembling litchi nuts; sometimes placed in genera Euphorbia or Nephelium. |
| ~ lichee, litchi, litchi chinensis, litchi tree, nephelium litchi | Chinese tree cultivated especially in Philippines and India for its edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Nephelium. |
| ~ genip, ginep, honey berry, mamoncillo, melicocca bijuga, melicocca bijugatus, spanish lime, spanish lime tree | tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp. |
| ~ nephelium lappaceum, rambotan, rambutan, rambutan tree | Malayan tree bearing spiny red fruit. |
| ~ nephelium mutabile, pulasan, pulasan tree, pulassan | East Indian fruit tree bearing fruit similar to but sweeter than that of the rambutan. |
| ~ mangifera indica, mango, mango tree | large evergreen tropical tree cultivated for its large oval fruit. |
| ~ hog plum, spondias mombin, yellow mombin, yellow mombin tree | tropical American tree having edible yellow fruit. |
| ~ jocote, mombin, mombin tree, spondias purpurea | common tropical American shrub or small tree with purplish fruit. |
| ~ persimmon, persimmon tree | any of several tropical trees of the genus Diospyros. |
| ~ caimito, chrysophyllum cainito, star apple | evergreen tree of West Indies and Central America having edible purple fruit star-shaped in cross section and dark green leaves with golden silky undersides. |
| ~ achras zapota, manilkara zapota, sapodilla, sapodilla tree | large tropical American evergreen yielding chicle gum and edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Achras. |
| ~ canistel, canistel tree, pouteria campechiana nervosa | tropical tree of Florida and West Indies yielding edible fruit. |
| ~ angiospermous tree, flowering tree | any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary. |
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