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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Blåbärssirap (Bilberry Syrup)      Origin: Sweden	Blackcurrant Granita      Origin: Britain	Boiled Hogweed Shoots      Origin: Britain
Bláberjasíróp (Bilberry Syrup)      Origin: Iceland	Blackcurrant Ice Cream      Origin: Britain	Boiled Peanut Chaat      Origin: India
Blåbærsirup (Bilberry Syrup)      Origin: Norway	Blackcurrant Jam      Origin: Britain	Bojo (Suriname Cassava and Coconut Cake)      Origin: Suriname
Black Bean Burritos      Origin: America	Blackcurrant Leaf Jelly      Origin: Britain	Bokit au Poulet (Chicken in Fried Bread Rolls)      Origin: Guadeloupe
Black Bean Curry      Origin: Fusion	Blackcurrant Sorbet      Origin: British	Bolinhos de Mancarra com Peixe (Fish Peanut Balls)      Origin: Guinea-Bissau
Black Bean Huevos Rancheros      Origin: Mexico	Blackcurrant Syrup      Origin: British	Bolinhos de Peixe com Mancarra (Fish Fritters with Peanuts)      Origin: Guinea-Bissau
Black Bun      Origin: Scotland	Blackened Tuna      Origin: Fusion	Bolitas de Jamon (Ham Balls)      Origin: Aruba
Black Cake      Origin: Jamaica	Blaff de poisson (Fish Blaff)      Origin: Guadeloupe	Boller i Karry (Danish Meatball Curry)      Origin: Denmark
Black Cap Pudding      Origin: Scotland	Blaff de poisson (Fish Blaff)      Origin: French Guiana	Bolo and Trotter Potjie      Origin: Namibia
Black Cherry Jam      Origin: Britain	Blancmange      Origin: British	Bolo de Ananás (Angolan Pineapple Cake)      Origin: Angola
Black Cherry Smoothie      Origin: American	Blanquette de Porc (Pork in White Sauce)      Origin: France	Bolo de Chocolate com Frutas (Chocolate Cake with Fruit)      Origin: Brazil
Black Forest Cheesecake Delight      Origin: American	Blanquette de Veau (Veal in White Sauce)      Origin: France	Bolo de Laranja (Orange Cake)      Origin: Brazil
Black Forest Microwave Pudding      Origin: Britain	Blintzes with Cream Cheese and Cinnamon      Origin: Jewish	Bolo de Mel      Origin: Portugal
Black Forest Passover Brownies      Origin: Jewish	Blood Orange Possets      Origin: British	Bolo di Dadel (Date Cake)      Origin: Curacao
Blackberry and Almond Cake      Origin: Britain	Blood orange upside-down cake      Origin: Britain	Bolo Preto (Aruban Black Cake)      Origin: Aruba
Blackberry and Almond Snacking Cake      Origin: Britain	Blue Sonic Curry      Origin: Japan	Bolo Preto Portuguesa (Portuguese Black Cake)      Origin: Portugal
Blackberry and Anise Hyssop Sorbet      Origin: Britain	Blueberry Cheese Tart      Origin: Britain	Bolo Pretu (Sint Eustatian Black Cake)      Origin: Sint Eustatius
Blackberry and Meadowsweet Custard Pasty      Origin: Britain	Blueberry Cupcakes      Origin: Britain	Bombas con crema de manzana (Fritters with Apple Cream)      Origin: Spain
Blackberry Batter      Origin: Britain	Blueberry Ice Cream      Origin: American	Bombay Egg and Potato Curry      Origin: Anglo-Indian
Blackberry Bavarois      Origin: Britain	Blueberry Laddoo      Origin: Fusion	Bombay Vegetables      Origin: India
Blackberry Cordial      Origin: British	Blueberry Panna Cotta      Origin: Italy	Bombaylinis      Origin: India
Blackberry Drink      Origin: England	Blueberry Sauce      Origin: American	Bonfire Brownies      Origin: British
Blackberry Granita      Origin: Britain	Blueberry Sherbet      Origin: American	Bonnach Strùthan      Origin: Scotland
Blackberry Ice Cream      Origin: American	Blueberry Smoothie      Origin: American	Bonnie Prince Pudding      Origin: Scotland
Blackberry Jam      Origin: Britain	Bo Kho (Spicy Beef Stew)      Origin: Vietnam	Boondi Laddu      Origin: India
Blackberry Jelly      Origin: British	Boîte au Chocolat aux Fruit      Origin: France	Booshala      Origin: Assyria
Blackberry Leather      Origin: Britain	Bo-Kaap Kerrie (Cape Malay Curry)      Origin: South Africa	Borage Flower Soup      Origin: Britain
Blackberry Muffins      Origin: Britain	Bobófrito (Sao Tomean Fried Fish)      Origin: Sao Tome	Boti Kebab (Bite-sized Grilled Lamb)      Origin: India
Blackberry Panna Cotta      Origin: Italy	Bobófrito (Fried Bananas)      Origin: Sao Tome	Bottle Masala Chicken Curry      Origin: India
Blackberry Smoothie      Origin: American	Bobotie (Curried Meat Loaf)      Origin: South Africa	Bottle Masala Meatball Curry      Origin: India
Blackberry-glazed Lemon and Blackberry Loaf Cake      Origin: Britain	Bobotie Pancakes      Origin: South Africa	Botvinia (Green Vegetable Soup with Fish)      Origin: Russia
Blackcap Pudding      Origin: Ireland	Bocaditos de Frambuesa y Queso (Raspberry and Cheese Bites)      Origin: Spain	Boudin Créole (Creole Black Pudding)      Origin: French Guiana
Blackcurrant and Orange Streusel Crisp      Origin: British	Boerwors Maalvleis Kerrie (Boerwors Minced Meat Curry)      Origin: South Africa
Blackcurrant Cheesecake      Origin: Britain	Boeuf Bourguignon      Origin: France

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