English > fruit tree: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | Tree bearing edible fruit. |
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| Narrower | Brazilian guava, Psidium guineense | South American tree having fruit similar to the true guava |
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| Spanish lime, Spanish lime tree, honey berry, mamoncillo, genip, ginep, Melicocca bijuga, Melicocca bijugatus | Tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp |
| Surinam cherry, pitanga, Eugenia uniflora | Brazilian tree with spicy red fruit |
| akee, akee tree, Blighia sapida | Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits |
| almond tree | Any of several small bushy trees having pink or white blossoms and usually bearing nuts |
| anchovy pear, anchovy pear tree, Grias cauliflora | West Indian tree bearing edible fruit resembling mango |
| apple tree | Any tree of the genus Malus especially those bearing firm rounded edible fruits |
| apricot, apricot tree | Asian tree having clusters of usually white blossoms and edible fruit resembling the peach |
| avocado, avocado tree, Persea Americana | Tropical American tree bearing large pulpy green fruits |
| bilimbi, Averrhoa bilimbi | East Indian evergreen tree bearing very acid fruit |
| breadfruit, breadfruit tree, Artocarpus communis, Artocarpus altilis | Native to Pacific islands and having edible fruit with a texture like bread |
| canistel, canistel tree, Pouteria campechiana nervosa | Tropical tree of Florida and West Indies yielding edible fruit |
| carambola, carambola tree, Averrhoa carambola | East Indian tree bearing deeply ridged yellow-brown fruit |
| cattley guava, purple strawberry guava, Psidium cattleianum, Psidium littorale longipes | small tropical shrubby tree bearing deep red oval fruit |
| cherry, cherry tree | Any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone |
| citrus, citrus tree | Any of numerous tropical usually thorny evergreen trees of the genus Citrus having leathery evergreen leaves and widely cultivated for their juicy edible fruits having leathery aromatic rinds |
| coco plum, coco plum tree, cocoa plum, icaco, Chrysobalanus icaco | small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit |
| custard apple, custard apple tree | Any of several tropical American trees bearing fruit with soft edible pulp |
| durian, durion, durian tree, Durio zibethinus | Tree of southeastern Asia having edible oval fruit with a hard spiny rind |
| genipa | Any tree of the genus Genipa bearing yellow flowers and edible fruit with a thick rind |
| guava, true guava, guava bush, Psidium guajava | small tropical American shrubby tree |
| guava, strawberry guava, yellow cattley guava, Psidium littorale | small tropical shrubby tree bearing small yellowish fruit |
| hog plum, yellow mombin, yellow mombin tree, Spondias mombin | Tropical American tree having edible yellow fruit |
| jaboticaba, jaboticaba tree, Myrciaria cauliflora | small evergreen tropical tree native to Brazil and West Indies but introduced into southern United States |
| jackfruit, jackfruit tree, Artocarpus heterophyllus | East Indian tree cultivated for its immense edible ... / edible fruit and seeds |
| litchi, lichee, litchi tree, Litchi chinensis, Nephelium litchi | Chinese tree cultivated especially in Philippines and India for its edible fruit |
| longan, lungen, longanberry, Dimocarpus longan, Euphorbia litchi, Nephelium longana | Tree of southeastern Asia to Australia grown primarily for its sweet edible fruit resembling litchi nuts |
| loquat, loquat tree, Japanese medlar, Japanese plum, Eriobotrya japonica | evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-sized fruit with a large free stone |
| mammee apple, mammee, mamey, mammee tree, Mammea americana | Tropical American tree having edible fruit with a leathery rind |
| mango, mango tree, Mangifera indica | large evergreen tropical tree cultivated for its large oval fruit |
| mangosteen, mangosteen tree, Garcinia mangostana | East Indian tree with thick leathery leaves and edible fruit |
| marang, marang tree, Artocarpus odoratissima | Philippine tree similar to the breadfruit tree bearing edible fruit |
| medlar, medlar tree, Mespilus germanica | small deciduous Eurasian tree cultivated for its fruit that resemble crab apples |
| mombin, mombin tree, jocote, Spondias purpurea | Common tropical American shrub or small tree with purplish fruit |
| mulberry, mulberry tree | Any of several trees of the genus Morus having edible fruit that resembles the blackberry |
| nectarine, nectarine tree, Prunus persica nectarina | Variety or mutation / mutation of the peach bearing fruit with smooth skin and (usually) yellow flesh |
| olive tree | A tree of the genus Olea cultivated for its fruit |
| papaya, papaia, pawpaw, papaya tree, melon tree, Carica papaya | Tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit |
| peach, peach tree, Prunus persica | cultivated in temperate regions |
| pear, pear tree, Pyrus communis | Old World tree having sweet gritty-textured juicy fruit |
| persimmon, persimmon tree | Any of several tropical trees of the genus Diospyros |
| plum, plum tree | Any of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single hard stone |
| plumcot, plumcot tree | hybrid produced by crossing Prunus domestica and Prunus armeniaca |
| pomegranate, pomegranate tree, Punica granatum | shrub or small tree native to southwestern Asia having large red many-seeded fruit |
| pulasan, pulassan, pulasan tree, Nephelium mutabile | East Indian fruit tree bearing fruit similar to but sweeter than that of the rambutan |
| quince, quince bush, Cydonia oblonga | small Asian tree with pinkish flowers and pear-shaped fruit |
| rambutan, rambotan, rambutan tree, Nephelium lappaceum | Malayan tree bearing spiny red fruit |
| rose apple, rose-apple tree, jambosa, Eugenia jambos | Tropical tree of the East Indies cultivated for its edible fruit |
| sapodilla, sapodilla tree, Manilkara zapota, Achras zapota | large tropical American evergreen yielding chicle gum and edible fruit |
| sour cherry, Eugenia corynantha | Australian tree with sour red fruit |
| star apple, caimito, Chrysophyllum cainito | evergreen tree of West Indies and Central America having edible purple fruit star-shaped in cross section and dark green leaves with golden silky undersides |
| toothbrush tree, mustard tree, Salvadora persica | glabrous or pubescent evergreen shrub or tree of the genus Salvadora |
| wild mango, dika, wild mango tree, Irvingia gabonensis | African tree with edible yellow fruit resembling mangos |
| Broader | angiospermous tree, flowering tree | Any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary |
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| Substances | fruitwood | wood of various fruit trees (as apple or cherry or pear) used especially in cabinetwork / cabinetwork |
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| Spanish | árbol frutal, frutales, frutal |
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| Catalan | arbre fruiter, fruiter |
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