fruit tree

/ˌfrut ˈtri/

/frut tri/

Other forms: fruit trees

Definitions of fruit tree

1. noun

   tree bearing edible fruit
   types:

   custard apple, custard apple tree

   any of several tropical American trees bearing fruit with soft edible pulp

   Persea Americana, avocado, avocado tree

   tropical American tree bearing large pulpy green fruits

   Durio zibethinus, durian, durian tree, durion

   tree of southeastern Asia having edible oval fruit with a hard spiny rind

   Salvadora persica, mustard tree, toothbrush 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

   Grias cauliflora, anchovy pear, anchovy pear tree

   West Indian tree bearing edible fruit resembling mango

   Eugenia corynantha, sour cherry

   Australian tree with sour red fruit

   Eugenia uniflora, Surinam cherry, pitanga

   Brazilian tree with spicy red fruit; often cultivated in California and Florida

   Eugenia jambos, jambosa, rose apple, rose-apple tree

   tropical tree of the East Indies cultivated for its edible fruit

   Myrciaria cauliflora, jaboticaba, jaboticaba tree

   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

   Psidium guajava, guava, guava bush, true guava

   small tropical American shrubby tree; widely cultivated in warm regions for its sweet globular yellow fruit

   Psidium littorale, guava, strawberry guava, yellow cattley guava

   small tropical shrubby tree bearing small yellowish fruit

   Psidium cattleianum, Psidium littorale longipes, cattley guava, 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

   Punica granatum, pomegranate, pomegranate tree

   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

   Mammea americana, mamey, mammee, mammee apple, mammee tree

   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, Japanese plum, loquat, loquat tree

   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

   Mespilus germanica, medlar, medlar tree

   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, cherry tree

   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

   Prunus persica, peach, peach tree

   cultivated in temperate regions

   Prunus persica nectarina, nectarine, nectarine tree

   variety or mutation of the peach bearing fruit with smooth skin and (usually) yellow flesh

   Pyrus communis, pear, pear tree

   Old World tree having sweet gritty-textured juicy fruit; widely cultivated in many varieties

   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, citrus tree

   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

   Irvingia gabonensis, dika, 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

   Blighia sapida, akee, akee tree

   widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits; introduced in Jamaica by William Bligh

   Dimocarpus longan, Euphorbia litchi, Nephelium longana, longan, longanberry, lungen

   tree of southeastern Asia to Australia grown primarily for its sweet edible fruit resembling litchi nuts; sometimes placed in genera Euphorbia or Nephelium

   Litchi chinensis, Nephelium litchi, lichee, litchi, litchi tree

   Chinese tree cultivated especially in Philippines and India for its edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Nephelium

   Melicocca bijuga, Melicocca bijugatus, Spanish lime, Spanish lime tree, genip, ginep, honey berry, mamoncillo

   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

   Spondias mombin, hog plum, yellow mombin, yellow mombin tree

   tropical American tree having edible yellow fruit

   Spondias purpurea, jocote, mombin, mombin tree

   common tropical American shrub or small tree with purplish fruit

   persimmon, persimmon tree

   any of several tropical trees of the genus Diospyros

   Chrysophyllum cainito, caimito, 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

   Pouteria campechiana nervosa, canistel, canistel tree

   tropical tree of Florida and West Indies yielding edible fruit

   Annona cherimola, cherimoya, cherimoya tree

   small tropical American tree bearing round or oblong fruit

   Annona diversifolia, ilama, ilama tree

   tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit

   Annona muricata, prickly custard apple, soursop, soursop tree

   small tropical American tree bearing large succulent slightly acid fruit

   Annona reticulata, bullock heart, bullock's heart, bullock's heart tree

   small tropical American tree bearing a bristly heart-shaped acid tropical fruit

   Annona squamosa, sweetsop, sweetsop tree

   tropical American tree bearing sweet pulpy fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds

   Annona glabra, pond apple, pond-apple tree

   small evergreen tree of tropical America with edible fruit; used chiefly as grafting stock

   Asimina triloba, papaw, papaw tree, pawpaw

   small tree native to the eastern United States having oblong leaves and fleshy fruit

   European olive tree, Olea europaea, olive

   evergreen tree cultivated in the Mediterranean region since antiquity and now elsewhere; has edible shiny black fruits

   Olea cunninghamii, black maire

   northern Zealand tree having dense hard light-brown wood

   Olea lanceolata, white maire

   small New Zealand tree having red pulpy one-seeded fruit

   Morus alba, white mulberry

   Asiatic mulberry with white to pale red fruit; leaves used to feed silkworms

   Morus nigra, black mulberry

   European mulberry having dark foliage and fruit

   Morus rubra, red mulberry

   North American mulberry having dark purple edible fruit

   Malus pumila, apple, orchard apple tree

   native Eurasian tree widely cultivated in many varieties for its firm rounded edible fruits

   crab apple, crabapple, wild apple

   any of numerous wild apple trees usually with small acidic fruit

   crab apple, crabapple, cultivated crab apple

   any of numerous varieties of crab apples cultivated for their small acidic (usually bright red) fruit used for preserves or as ornamentals for their blossoms

   wild plum, wild plum tree

   an uncultivated plum tree or shrub

   Prunus domestica, common plum

   any of various widely distributed plums grown in the cooler temperate areas

   Prunus insititia, bullace

   small wild or half-domesticated Eurasian plum bearing small ovoid fruit in clusters

   Prunus mexicana, big-tree plum

   small tree of southwestern United States having purplish-red fruit sometimes cultivated as an ornamental for its large leaves

   Canada plum, Prunus nigra

   small tree native to northeastern North America having oblong orange-red fruit

   Japanese apricot, Prunus mume, mei

   Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits

   Prunus armeniaca, common apricot

   temperate zone tree bearing downy yellow to rosy fruits

   Prunus dasycarpa, black apricot, purple apricot

   small hybrid apricot of Asia and Asia Minor having purplish twigs and white flowers following by inferior purple fruit

   wild cherry, wild cherry tree

   an uncultivated cherry tree

   Prunus avium, sweet cherry

   large Eurasian tree producing small dark bitter fruit in the wild but edible sweet fruit under cultivation

   Prunus capuli, capulin, capulin tree

   Mexican black cherry tree having edible fruit

   Prunus cerasifera, cherry plum, myrobalan, myrobalan plum

   small Asiatic tree bearing edible red or yellow fruit

   Prunus cerasus, sour cherry, sour cherry tree

   rather small Eurasian tree producing red to black acid edible fruit

   Amygdalus communis, Prunus amygdalus, Prunus dulcis, almond, sweet almond

   small bushy deciduous tree native to Asia and North Africa having pretty pink blossoms and highly prized edible nuts enclosed in a hard green hull; cultivated in southern Australia and California

   Amygdalus communis amara, Prunus dulcis amara, bitter almond

   almond trees having white blossoms and poisonous nuts yielding an oil used for flavoring and for medicinal purposes

   Prunus glandulosa, dwarf flowering almond

   small Chinese shrub with smooth unfurrowed dark red fruit grown especially for its red or pink or white flowers

   Prunus japonica, flowering almond, oriental bush cherry

   woody oriental plant with smooth unfurrowed red fruit grown especially for its white or pale pink blossoms

   Catalina cherry, Prunus lyonii

   evergreen shrub or small tree found on Catalina Island (California)

   Japanese plum, Prunus salicina

   small tree of China and Japan bearing large yellow to red plums usually somewhat inferior to European plums in flavor

   flowering cherry

   any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Prunus cultivated for their showy white or pink single or double blossoms

   Pacific plum, Prunus subcordata, Sierra plum

   shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States bearing small red insipid fruit

   Prunus tenella, Russian almond, dwarf Russian almond

   Asiatic shrub cultivated for its rosy red flowers

   Prunus triloba, flowering almond

   deciduous Chinese shrub or small tree with often trilobed leaves grown for its pink-white flowers

   Prunus virginiana, chokecherry, chokecherry tree

   a common wild cherry of eastern North America having small bitter black berries favored by birds

   Genipa Americana, genipap fruit, jagua, marmalade box

   tree of the West Indies and northern South America bearing succulent edible orange-sized fruit

   orange, orange tree

   any citrus tree bearing oranges

   Citrus decumana, Citrus grandis, Citrus maxima, pomelo, pomelo tree, pummelo, shaddock

   southeastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling grapefruits

   Citrus medica, citron, citron tree

   thorny evergreen small tree or shrub of India widely cultivated for its large lemonlike fruits that have thick warty rind

   Citrus paradisi, grapefruit

   citrus tree bearing large round edible fruit having a thick yellow rind and juicy somewhat acid pulp

   Citrus reticulata, mandarin, mandarin orange, mandarin orange tree

   shrub or small tree having flattened globose fruit with very sweet aromatic pulp and thin yellow-orange to flame-orange rind that is loose and easily removed; native to southeastern Asia

   Citrus tangelo, tangelo, tangelo tree, ugli fruit

   hybrid between grapefruit and mandarin orange; cultivated especially in Florida

   Citrus limonia, lemanderin, rangpur, rangpur lime

   hybrid between mandarin orange and lemon having very acid fruit with orange peel

   Citrus limon, lemon, lemon tree

   a small evergreen tree that originated in Asia but is widely cultivated for its fruit

   Citrus aurantifolia, lime, lime tree

   any of various related trees bearing limes

   Citroncirus webberi, citrange, citrange tree

   more aromatic and acidic than oranges

   cumquat, kumquat, kumquat tree

   any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Fortunella bearing small orange-colored edible fruits with thick sweet-flavored skin and sour pulp

   Diospyros kaki, Japanese persimmon, kaki

   small deciduous Asiatic tree bearing large red or orange edible astringent fruit

   American persimmon, Diospyros virginiana, possumwood

   medium-sized tree of dry woodlands in the southern and eastern United States bearing yellow or orange very astringent fruit that is edible when fully ripe

   Diospyros lotus, date plum

   an Asiatic persimmon tree cultivated for its small yellow or purplish-black edible fruit much valued by Afghan tribes

   type of:

   angiospermous tree, flowering tree

   any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary