FRUIT, in Botany, is properly that part of a plant wherein the seed is contained; called by the Latins fructus; and by the Greeks αἴγμος. The fruit in the Linnaean system is one of the parts of fructification, and is distinguished into three parts, viz. the pericarpium, seed, and receptacle, or receptaculum seminum. See BOTANY.
Colours extracted from Fruits. See the article Colour-Making.
Bread-Fruit. See ARTOCARPUS, BOTANY Index.