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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Somali-style Liver      Origin: Somalia	South African Curried Peanut Soup      Origin: South Africa	Spicy Turkey and Sausage Kebabs      Origin: Britain
Somlah Machou Khmer (Sour Soup with Tomato and Lotus Roots)      Origin: Cambodia	South African Fig Jam      Origin: South Africa	Spider-crab Salad with Cornish Earlies      Origin: Britain
Somlar Kari Saek Mouan (Chicken Red Curry)      Origin: Cambodia	South African Lamb Pilaff      Origin: South Africa	Spinach and Apple Soup      Origin: British
Somlar Mochu Sachko (Sour Beef Stew)      Origin: Cambodia	South African Prego Steak      Origin: South Africa	Spotted Dick      Origin: Britain
Sonhos de Banana (Banana Dreams)      Origin: Sao Tome	South African Rhus Bukhari      Origin: South Africa	Spotted Dick      Origin: Britain
Sopa de Caracol (Honduran Conch Soup)      Origin: Honduras	South African Savoury Hot Cross Buns      Origin: South Africa	Spring Flower Salad with Dandelion Greens      Origin: Britain
Sopa di Plátano Verde (Cuban Green Plantain Soup)      Origin: Cuba	South Seas Christmas Pudding      Origin: British	Springtime Wild Greens Salad      Origin: Nigeria
Sopa Puertoriqueña de Frijoles Negros (Puerto Rican Black Bean Soup)      Origin: Puerto Rico	Spagetti biz-zalza tal-Qarnit (Spaghetti with Octopus Sauce)      Origin: Malta	Springtime Wild Greens Salad      Origin: Britain
Sopaipillas      Origin: Chile	Spaghetti with Scarlet Elf Cups and Wild Garlic      Origin: Britain	Spruce Tip Sorbet      Origin: Britain
Sopi di Piská (Fish Soup)      Origin: Aruba	Spanish Prawns      Origin: Britain	Spruce Tip Tea      Origin: Britain
Sopi di Piská (Fish Soup)      Origin: Bonaire	Spatchcocked Poussin with Garlic and Herbs      Origin: Britain	Spurgos su razinomis (Lithuanian Raisin Doughnuts)      Origin: Lithuania
Sopi di Piská (Fish Soup)      Origin: Curacao	Special Bunloaf      Origin: Manx	Spynee (Made From the Berries of Spines)      Origin: England
Sorbet à la mangue (Guiana Mango Sorbet)      Origin: French Guiana	Speculaas      Origin: Netherlands	Squid Salad with Chicory, Anchovies and Sun-dried Tomatoes      Origin: Britain
Sorbet aux Pommes et Calvados (Apple and Calvados Sorbet)      Origin: France	Spelt, Fig and Pomegranate Salad      Origin: Britain	Sri Lankan Chicken Curry      Origin: Sri Lanka
Sorbet Citron (Lemon Sorbet)      Origin: France	Spice Cake      Origin: British	Sri Lankan Curried Okra      Origin: Sri Lanka
Sorbet coco guadeloupéen (Guadeloupean Coconut Sorbet)      Origin: Guadeloupe	Spice Pickled Jelly Ear Mushrooms      Origin: Britain	Sri Lankan Love Cake      Origin: Sri Lanka
Sorbets de Pommes Calvados (Apple Sorbet with Calvados)      Origin: France	Spice-infused Oli      Origin: Britain	St Clement's Meringue      Origin: Britain
Sorbetto al Limone (Lemon Sorbet)      Origin: Italy	Spiced Ash Key Pickle      Origin: Britain	St Clements Cheesecake      Origin: Britain
Sorbetto Arancione (Orange Sorbet)      Origin: Italy	Spiced Beef      Origin: Northern Ireland	St Clements Meringue Pie      Origin: Britain
Sorrel Meringue Pie      Origin: Britain	Spiced Crab Apples      Origin: Britain	St Clements Morning Quickbread      Origin: Britain
Sos Nasi Trafasie (Suriname Stir-fry Sauce)      Origin: Suriname	Spiced Lima Beans with Garlic and Coconut      Origin: Nepal	St Fillan's Fruit Pudding      Origin: Scotland
Sos Ti-malice (Ti-malice Sauce)      Origin: Haiti	Spiced Medlar Vinegar      Origin: Britain	St Helena Crab Soup      Origin: St Helena
Soufflé Potatoes with Carrot and Asparagus      Origin: Ireland	Spiced Mincemeat Muffins      Origin: Britain	St Helena Hertzoggies      Origin: St Helena
Soup Joumou (Haitian Squash Soup)      Origin: Haiti	Spiced Pumpkin Fudge      Origin: American	St Helena Pumpkin Fritters      Origin: St Helena
Soupa Avgolemono (Rice Soup with Egg and Lemon Sauce)      Origin: Cyprus	Spiced Tamarillo and Nut Cake      Origin: Argentina	St Helena Pumpkin Pudding      Origin: St Helena
Soupa Canja (Okra and Palm Oil Soup)      Origin: Gambia	Spicy Chilli Bean Soup      Origin: Britain	St Helena Tamarind Jam      Origin: St Helena
Soupe d'avocat Abidjanaise (Avocado Soup in the Manner of Abidjan)      Origin: Cote dIvoire	Spicy Cranberry Shrimp      Origin: America	St Kitts Saltfish And Breadfruit Pie      Origin: Saint Kitts
Souphet (Thai Maitake Salad)      Origin: Thailand	Spicy Lamb Burgers      Origin: Britain	St Kitts Seasoned Breadfruit      Origin: Saint Kitts
Soupou Gertö (Chicken with Tomato Sauce and Sweet Potatoes)      Origin: Guinea	Spicy Mackerel Bruschetta      Origin: Britain	St Kitts Stewed Fish      Origin: Saint Kitts
Sourdough Starter      Origin: Britain	Spicy Mexican-inspired Rice      Origin: Fusion	St. Lucia Jerk Fish with Banana Salsa      Origin: Saint Lucia
Sous Vide of Camel Ribs      Origin: Fusion	Spicy Plum and Shiraz Relish      Origin: Britain	Staff Chicken Curry      Origin: Britain
Souse      Origin: Saint Lucia	Spicy Potatoes      Origin: Ireland	Steak Sauce      Origin: American
Sousi Pa (Fish with Coconut Cream)      Origin: Laos	Spicy Ranch Dressing      Origin: American
South African Cape Malay Curry      Origin: South Africa	Spicy Tuna and Herb Fried Rice      Origin: Britain

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