edible fruit
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- noun
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fruto comestible
- The clear clustering observed in plants that produce edible fruit and nuts shows that the adaptations necessary for vertebrate dispersal have appeared in a limited number of angiosperm lineages and tend to be conserved.
- produce edible fruit
Examples
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And their host plant is actually an edible fruit that we can grow that's also native.
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Some of them provide edible fruit.
Blog text (19) -
Only the nim near the front gate of their house bore no edible fruit.
Fiction book (1995) -
Those are two edible fruits of cactus that I can do that's in the area.
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Such "common property resources" provide animal fodder, organic manures, fuel supplies, edible fruits and nuts, and traditional medicines.
Academic text (1995) -
Several different varieties of the prickly pear imported by later immigrants proved useful as a cheap, effective hedge plant that bore edible fruit.
Academic text (1992) -
A mango relative, marula produces a tart edible fruit with a remarkably nutritious nut inside.
Blog text (1) -
The garden has several plants that produce edible fruit throughout the summer.
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We harvested edible fruit from the orchard, which was sweet and juicy.
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Some cacti are known for their edible fruit, which can be eaten raw or used in desserts.
Synonyms
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An edible part of a plant like an apple or orange
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Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'edible' (suitable and safe to be eaten) modifies 'fruit' (a seed-bearing body), so together they literally mean fruit that can be eaten. This is a regular adjective+noun combination found across languages, making it immediately clear to a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
Edible fruit combines edible (able to be eaten) and fruit (the sweet part of a plant). Imagine people picking wild berries or market sellers showing which fruits were 'safe' to eat — those would be called edible fruit. That's why the phrase means a fruit that is suitable and 'safe' for 'eating'.