in botany, the FRUIT, is defined by Jungius and former botanists to be an annual part of the plant, which adheres to the flower and succeeds it; and, after attaining maturity, separates or detaches itself from the parent plant; and, being commodiously lodged in the bosom of the earth, gives birth to a new vegetable. This definition is sufficiently accurate, and so perspicuous, that it requires no illustration whatever. We shall only observe, that, in its vulgar acceptation, the word fruit is expressive, not of the seeds, which are doubtless the essence of every fruit; but of the case or vessel in which they are contained. Thus, when we speak of the fruit of an apple-tree, we always mean the luscious pulp which enfolds the seeds; although that, in strict propriety, is only the cover of the fruit.

Colours Extracted from Fruits. See the article Colour-Making, n° 35.