How to Use fleshy fruit in a Sentence

fleshy fruit

noun
  • Same goes for any fleshy fruits with central pits or seeds.
    — Erica Sloan, SELF, 5 Aug. 2025
  • The large, fleshy fruits are 92% water.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 23 May 2026
  • Unlike fleshy fruits like plums or mangoes, the fruit tissues of grasses are thin and papery.
    — Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
  • In contrast, most other fleshy fruits, such as tomatoes, avocados, and apples, develop from a flower with a single ovary.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 June 2026
  • Researchers suggest that caenagnathids developed these feeding adaptations as fleshy fruits grew larger and more diverse.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 1 Nov. 2026
  • The researchers concluded that the dinosaur likely lived off a diet consisting largely of fleshy fruits produced by flowering plants, also known as angiosperms.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 1 Nov. 2026

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