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 5326 recipes in total:

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Basanti Pulao (Bengali Pilau Rice)      Origin: India	Beef Burritos      Origin: America	Bermudan Hot Cross Buns      Origin: Bermuda
Basbousa      Origin: Somalia	Beef Cameroon      Origin: Cameroon	Bermudan Plantain Curry      Origin: Bermuda
Basbousa      Origin: India	Beef Curry with Sweet Potato Noodles      Origin: Fusion	Berry Agua Fresca      Origin: America
Baseema      Origin: Sudan-a	Beef in Adobo Sauce      Origin: America	Berry Cherry Crumble      Origin: British
Basic Home-made Pineapple Kombucha      Origin: Britain	Beef Koftas with Fruity Couscous      Origin: Morocco	Berry Compote      Origin: New Zealand
Basler Leckerli (Basel Biscuits)      Origin: Switzerland	Beef Picadillo      Origin: Dominican Republic	Berry Kissel      Origin: Russia
Basque Cheesecake      Origin: Spain	Beef Rendang      Origin: Indonesia	Bez perevoda (Green Borscht)      Origin: Russia
Basto and Suugo      Origin: Somalia	Beef Rissoles      Origin: Britain	Bibinka (Savoury Coconut Rice Cake)      Origin: East Timor
Basto and Suugo      Origin: Djibouti	Beef Steak in Mushroom Sauce      Origin: Britain	Biezpienmaize (Latvian Smoked Sprat Salad)      Origin: Latvia
Basyniai (Walnut and Fig Cakes)      Origin: Roman	Beef Toppers      Origin: British	Bigarade Sauce      Origin: Britain
Batabate      Origin: Mayotte	Beef, Tomato and Olive Kebabs      Origin: Britain	Bilberry 'Mucky Mouth' Tart      Origin: Britain
Batak Raichat (Duck Raichat)      Origin: India	Beetroot and Cranberry Cupcakes      Origin: Britain	Bilberry Cheese Tart      Origin: Britain
Bath Buns      Origin: Britain	Beetroot Cake with Orange Icing      Origin: Britain	Bilberry Ice Cream      Origin: British
Batido de Abacaxi (Pineapple Shake)      Origin: Guinea-Bissau	Beetroot Falafel Pitta with Carrot Slaw      Origin: Britain	Bingsu (Korean Shaved Ice)      Origin: Korea
Batingan Mekhali (Pickled Aubergines)      Origin: Egypt	Beetroot Sabzi (Beetroot Curry)      Origin: India	BIR Chicken Phaal      Origin: Britain
Batinjaan Zalud (Moroccan Aubergine Salad)      Origin: Morocco	Beetroot, Orange and Pumpkin Sambal      Origin: Lesotho	BIR Chicken Vindaloo      Origin: Britain
Battenberg      Origin: British	Beigli      Origin: Hungary	BIR Kashmiri Curry      Origin: Britain
Battered Queenies With Tartar Sauce      Origin: Manx	Beignets aux Pommes (Apple Fritters)      Origin: Togo	BIR Mushroom Vindaloo      Origin: Britain
Bavaroise (Bavarian Tea)      Origin: France	Beignets de Banane au Lait de Coco (Banana Fritters with Coconut Milk)      Origin: Togo	BIR-style Hot-hot Catfish Curry      Origin: Fusion
Bayerische Schweinekotletts (Bavarian Pork Chops)      Origin: Germany	Beignets de Banane Malienne (Malian Banana Fritters)      Origin: Mali	Bird Cherry Flour      Origin: Britain
Bayou Bread Pudding with Hot Rum Sauce      Origin: Cajun	Beignets Dougoub (Puffed Millet Doughnuts)      Origin: Senegal	Bird Cherry Juice      Origin: Britain
Bayou Smoky Creole Mustard Sauce      Origin: Louisiana	Beijino (Coconut Kisses)      Origin: Brazil	Bird Cherry Syrup Bavarois      Origin: Britain
Bayrisch Kraut (Pickled Bavarian Cabbage)      Origin: Germany	Belizean Bread Pudding      Origin: Belize	Birthday Biscuits      Origin: British
Bean and Almond Salad      Origin: South Africa	Bellinitini Cocktail      Origin: Traditional Cocktail	Bisgedi Ceirch (Oat Biscuits)      Origin: Welsh
Bean and Gari Loaf      Origin: Ghana	Bengali Pineapple Chutney      Origin: India	Bisgedi Ceirch a Sbelt (Oat and Spelt Biscuits)      Origin: Welsh
Bean Foogath      Origin: India	Bengali Tilapia Curry      Origin: India	Bisgedi Cennin Pedr (Daffodil Biscuits)      Origin: Welsh
Beanpot Chowder      Origin: British	Benne-seed Wafers      Origin: West Africa	Bisgedi Cymreig (Welsh Biscuits)      Origin: Welsh
Beans and Bananas      Origin: Burundi	Bergamot, Basil and Almond Pesto      Origin: Fusion	Bisgedi Gele (Gele Biscuits)      Origin: Welsh
Bébélé (Tripe and Plantain Stew)      Origin: Guadeloupe	Bermuda Fish Chowder      Origin: Bermuda	Bissap Beuguedj (Hibiscus Leaf Paste)      Origin: Senegal
Bebotok Sapi (Indonesian Meatloaf)      Origin: Indonesia	Bermuda Fish Chowder II      Origin: Bermuda	Bizcocho de almendras (Almond Cake)      Origin: Spain
Bee Balm Flower Jelly      Origin: Britain	Bermuda Onion and Potato Salad      Origin: Bermuda	Bizcocho de Uvas con Sopa de Chocolate (Grape Cake with Chocolate Sauce)      Origin: Spain
Beef and Coconut Cream Curry      Origin: Fusion	Bermuda Rockfish with Bananas and Rum Sauce      Origin: Bermuda	Bizcocho de yogur de limón (Lemon and Yoghurt Cake)      Origin: Spain
Beef and Pistachio Terrine      Origin: Britain	Bermuda Salmon      Origin: Bermuda
Beef Braised in Rooibos Tea with Sweet Potatoes      Origin: South Africa	Bermudan Fried Fish      Origin: Bermuda

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