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 4121 recipes in total:

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Pressure Cooker Fish Soup      Origin: Britain	Pullum cum Olivis Columbadibus (Boiled Chicken with Columbadian Olives)      Origin: Roman	Pwdin Marmaléd Cymreig (Welsh Amber Pudding)      Origin: Welsh
Pressure Cooker Lemon Cheesecake      Origin: Canada	Pullum Elixum ex Iure Suo (Chicken in its Own Broth)      Origin: Roman	Pwdin Moron (Welsh Carrot Pudding)      Origin: Welsh
Pressure Cooker Mango Chutney      Origin: Britain	Pullum Elixum ex Iure Suo (Boiled Chicken with Boiled Egyptian Beans)      Origin: Roman	Pwdin Mynwy (Monmouth Pudding)      Origin: Welsh
Pressure Cooker Massaman Beef Curry      Origin: Britain	Pullum Numidicum (Numidian Guinea Fowl)      Origin: Roman	Pwdin Nadolig (Christmas Pudding)      Origin: Welsh
Pressure Cooker Pesce al Cartoccio (Pressure Cooker Fish in Parcels)      Origin: Italy	Pultes Tractogalatae (Pottage of Pastry and Milk)      Origin: Roman	Pwdin Nadolig Bwthyn (Cottage Christmas Pudding)      Origin: Welsh
Pressure Cooker Pumpkin Cheesecake      Origin: American	Pumpes (Pork Meatballs)      Origin: England	Pwdin Reis Mam (Mum's Rice Pudding)      Origin: Welsh
Pressure Cooker Rhubarb Suet Pudding      Origin: Britain	Pumpkin and Rice Chicken Soup      Origin: American	Pwdin Rhiwbob ac Afal Siocled      Origin: Welsh
Pressure Cooker Seville Orange Marmalade      Origin: Britain	Pumpkin Brownies      Origin: Britain	Pwdin Taffi Gludiog (Welsh Sticky Toffee Pudding)      Origin: Welsh
Pressure Cooker Spiced Prune Chutney      Origin: Britain	Pumpkin Chelsea Buns      Origin: British	Pwdin Triog Melyn (Golden Syrup Pudding)      Origin: Welsh
Pressure Cooker Steamed Fruit Pudding      Origin: Britain	Pumpkin Hummus      Origin: American	Pwdin Watcyn Wynne (Watkin Wynne's Pudding)      Origin: Welsh
Pressure Cooker Steamed Rhubarb and Ginger Pudding      Origin: Britain	Pumpkin Pie with Gingersnap Crust      Origin: American	Pwdin y Gororau (Welsh Broders Pudding)      Origin: Welsh
Pressure Cooker Thai Red Curry      Origin: Britain	Punch à la Vanille (Vanilla Punch)      Origin: Madagascar	Pysgod gyda Chaws Roquefort (Fish with Roquefort Cheese)      Origin: Welsh (Patagonia)
Pressure Cooker Vegetable and Coconut Curry      Origin: Fusion	Punch Coco (Coconut Punch)      Origin: Comoros	Qamar-el-Deen (Apricot Leather Drink)      Origin: Egypt
Pretty in Pink Strawberry Cupcakes      Origin: American	Punch Sauce for Sweet Puddings      Origin: Britain	Qotban (Lamb Kebabs)      Origin: Morocco
Prik Gaeng Panang (Panang Red Curry Paste)      Origin: Thailand	Punjabi Style Tinda ki Sabzi      Origin: India	Quaking Pudding      Origin: Britain
Primrose Tartlets      Origin: Britain	Purée d'Aubergines (Aubergine Purée)      Origin: Rwanda	Quamar-el-Deen (Dried Apricot Leather)      Origin: Middle East
Psemeno kotopoylo me te saltsa lemoni-maintanou (Roasted Chicken With Lemon-Parsley Sauce)      Origin: Greece	Purée d'aubergines à la Rwandaise (Rwandan Aubergine Paste)      Origin: Rwanda	Quamar-el-Deen Dessert (Dried Apricot Leather Dessert)      Origin: Bahrain
Psoai (Pork in Piquant Sauce)      Origin: Roman	Purée d'Oseille (Hibiscus Leaf Purée)      Origin: Chad	Quarkkuchen (German cheesecake)      Origin: Germany
Pudding and Souse      Origin: Barbados	Pwdin Afalau (Welsh Apple Pudding)      Origin: Welsh	Quarktorte (Swiss Quark Cheese Torte)      Origin: Switzerland
Pudding Egusi (Egusi Pudding)      Origin: Cameroon	Pwdin Bara Menyn (Bread and Butter Pudding)      Origin: Welsh	Quarktorte mit Agar-agar (No-bake Quark Cheesecake with Agar-agar)      Origin: Switzerland
Pudim de Laranja (Orange Pudding)      Origin: Mozambique	Pwdin Bara Menyn (Welsh Bread and Butter Pudding)      Origin: Welsh	Quatre quart facile (Easy Breton Pound Cake)      Origin: France
Pudim de Leite (Milk Pudding)      Origin: Cape Verde	Pwdin Berwi (Boiled Pudding)      Origin: Welsh	Quatre-quarts à la Mangue (Mango Pound Cake)      Origin: Senegal
Pudim de Peixe (Fish Pudding)      Origin: Mozambique	Pwdin Bricyll Siocled (Chocolate Apricot Pudding)      Origin: Welsh	Queen Cakes      Origin: New Zealand
Pudim de Peixe (Fish Pudding)      Origin: Cape Verde	Pwdin Bricyll Siocled (Chocolate Rhubarb Pudding)      Origin: Welsh	Queen Cakes      Origin: Britain
Pudín de Pan (Bread Pudding)      Origin: Gibraltar	Pwdin Briwfwyd (Mincemeat Pudding)      Origin: Welsh	Queen of Hearts Jam Tarts      Origin: Britain
Pudina Chutney (Mint Chutney)      Origin: India	Pwdin Cytew Mwyar Duon (Blackberry Batter Pudding)      Origin: Welsh	Queen of Tarts      Origin: Britain
Pudina tal-Hobz (Maltese Bread Pudding)      Origin: Malta	Pwdin Efa (Eve's Pudding)      Origin: Welsh	Quesada Pasiega (Cantabrian Cheesecake)      Origin: Spain
Puerto Rican Guava Paste      Origin: Puerto Rico	Pwdin Efa Santes Ddwynwen (St Dwynwen's Day Eve's Pudding)      Origin: Welsh	Quetcheflued (Plum Tart)      Origin: Luxembourg
Puerto Rican Pasteles (Meat-stuffed Masa Pockets)      Origin: Puerto Rico	Pwdin Eirin Mair Siocled (Chocolate Gooseberry Pudding)      Origin: Welsh	Quick Berry Cheesecake In a Glass      Origin: Britain
Puff-paste Patties      Origin: British	Pwdin Eirin Melyn Siocled (Chocolate Greengage Pudding)      Origin: Welsh	Quick Parsi Fish Patia      Origin: India
Puffball Schnitzel      Origin: Germany	Pwdin Eryri (Snowdonia Pudding)      Origin: Welsh	Quick-as-a-Bunny Easter Egg Nests      Origin: American
Puli Pithe      Origin: India	Pwdin Ffrwythau'r Berllan (Orchard Fruit Pudding)      Origin: Welsh	Quince Tarte Tatin      Origin: Britain
Pulla (Finnish Sweet Cardamom Raisin Bread)      Origin: Finland	Pwdin Gwanwyn Cymreig (Welsh Spring Pudding)      Origin: Welsh
Pullum Anethatum (Aniseed Chicken)      Origin: Roman	Pwdin Mêl (Honey Pudding)      Origin: Welsh

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