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The tangerine takes its name from Tangier, the Moroccan port that once shipped the small, easy-peeling citrus to Europe.
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nectarineFind to reveal
A nectarine is simply a fuzzless peach; a single recessive gene gives it smooth skin instead of velvety fuzz.
persimmonFind to reveal
Persimmon trees have supplied wood for golf-club heads, letting the same kind of tree provide both a sweet snack and sporting equipment.
blueberryFind to reveal
A blueberry's blue comes partly from its waxy coating: rub it off and the dark skin underneath looks quite different.
raspberryFind to reveal
A raspberry is a cluster of tiny fruitlets, and picking one leaves its core behind as a hollow cap.
apricotFind to reveal
The word apricot traces back to Latin for early-ripening, since apricots fruit weeks before their cousin the peach.
coconutFind to reveal
A coconut is not a true nut but a drupe, the same fruit family as peaches, plums, and cherries.
bananaFind to reveal
The banana plant is the world's largest herb, not a tree, and the fruit is botanically a berry.
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The orange does not exist in the wild; it is an ancient cross of a pomelo and a mandarin.
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Plant a seed from your favorite apple and you get a different, often sour fruit; growers graft to copy a variety.
True stories · Airth, Scotland
The house shaped like a fruit
Near Airth, Scotland, a stone summerhouse wears an enormous carved pineapple on its roof. The fourth Earl of Dunmore built the earlier pavilion in 1761, and the estate used heated glasshouses to grow tropical fruit in the chilly Scottish climate. The giant ornament captures the appeal of a fruit once displayed as a sign of wealth: here the centerpiece became part of the building itself. Its carefully carved leaves look rather unlikely against a Scottish sky. The folly now offers holiday accommodation through the Landmark Trust, so visitors can spend the night beneath a pineapple without needing to find a dinner table large enough to hold it.
An apple is an excellent thing, until you have tried a peach.
George du Maurier
Trivia
Which fruit is traditionally said to keep the doctor away if you eat one a day?
The apple.
Bananas are slightly radioactive thanks to which naturally occurring element they contain?
Potassium.
The tiny dots on a strawberry are achenes. What does each achene contain?
A seed.
In the Bible's Garden of Eden story, which tree supplied the leaves Adam and Eve sewed together?
The fig tree.
Which fruit has varieties called Alphonso and Kent?
The mango.
Trivia · 1 / 5
Which fruit is traditionally said to keep the doctor away if you eat one a day?
The apple.
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A fruit gets a new name
In June 1959, the Auckland exporter Turners and Growers faced a sales problem. The furry brown fruit they shipped was called the Chinese gooseberry, an awkward name during the Cold War, when American buyers distrusted anything labeled Chinese. Berries and melons also carried high US import taxes, so an early idea, melonette, was scrapped too. The firm settled on kiwifruit, naming the fuzzy fruit after the country's small, brown, flightless national bird. The new name gradually became the industry standard as the fruit gained an international market. A small brown bird had lent its name to a small brown fruit.
Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.
Mark Twain
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This fruits word search is a free printable puzzle with 10 hidden words in an 11×11 grid. Find words like TANGERINE, NECTARINE, PERSIMMON hidden across, down, and diagonally. You can play it right here in your browser — tap the first and last letter of a word — or download it as a printable PDF with the full answer key on page two. It's free for personal and classroom use, so teachers can print copies for a whole class with no sign-up and no account. Word searches like this one are a proven way to build vocabulary, spelling, and word-shape recognition, which is why they're a favourite with ESL learners, elementary classrooms, and anyone who likes a quiet puzzle with their coffee.
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Sources: The Pineapple: building and accommodation (Landmark Trust) · Chinese gooseberry becomes kiwifruit (NZ History) · How the Chinese gooseberry became kiwifruit (TIME) · Mango varieties (National Mango Board)
Word list, facts & trivia researched and compiled by Sam Letterman — spotted a mistake? Tell us and we’ll fix it.