What is a fruit short definition?

A fruit is a mature, ripened ovary, along with the contents of the ovary. The ovary is the ovule-bearing reproductive structure in the plant flower. The ovary serves to enclose and protect the ovules, from the youngest stages of flower development until the ovules become fertilized and turn into seeds.

Types of fruits:

Broadly there are two categories of fruits: fleshy fruits and dry fruits. Fleshy fruits include berries, aggregate fruits, and multiple fruits; dry fruits include legumes, cereal grains, capsulate fruits, and nuts.

Fleshy fruits:

If the pericarp formed from the ovary develops into a thick, fleshy and generally edible part of the fruit, they are called fleshy fruits. Examples: mango, plum, tomato, papaya, etc.

Dried fruit:

Dried fruit is fruit from which the majority of the original water content has been remoPopular dried fruits include raisins, dates, prunes (dried plums), figs, apricots and peaches etc.