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FARMERS SEE FRUIT OF THEIR LABORS RUINED OCTOBER WILDFIRES RAVAGED MANY LOCAL RANCHES' CROPS.(News)(Statistical Data Included)
; ...wait and hope that some will come back, but we don't expect to see fruit sitting on the trees until 2005,'' Ikeda said. The blaze that...Ventura and Los Angeles counties. Many of the farmers will not see fruit on the charred trees for three years, and will not even know... Read more
India holds back season. (Grapes).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
; ...season is expected to start later this year due to increased competition from Chile. As a result, exporters are not expecting to see fruit arriving until the end of April. Nevertheless, good growing conditions have led to the prediction that as many as 700 containers... Read more
The Secret Life of a Cloud.(Poem)
; ...more interactive today? Why are the boiled eggs waxy, lethargic? I want the nectarines to start juggling themselves. I want to see fruit cartwheeling around my prosy kitchen. The world scarcely exists for us mind-sinners, lovers of our own thoughts far more than... Read more
COMMENT: Bearing the fruit.(Leaders)
; ...demonstrated that, In some cases, youngsters can't put a name to a vital aspect of all our diets. Now families in Newcastle will see fruit and veg growing in place of the usual colourful flower displays dotted around the city. Bananas, olives, sweetcorn and courgettes... Read more
'The amount of excess packaging is preposterous' ; CAMPAIGN AGAINST WASTE
; ...surplus of packaging - most of which you would not need if the packaging were better designed. And it always annoys me when you see fruit and vegetables individually wrapped. Antony Beevor HISTORIAN Most consumers are more concerned about residual herbicides and... Read more
Fast fruit.(RIGHT STUFF)(McDonald's fruit salad)(Brief Article)
; ...grapes, creamy low-fat yogurt, candied walnuts. Sure doesn't sound like Mickey D's usual fare. And while we don't expect to see fruit trees sprouting up under the Golden Arches anytime soon, you can now buy a Fruit & Walnut Salad at any McDonald's nationwide... Read more
Thumbs up for water.(News)
; ...decoration, just 1% of those questioned said they would be attracted to a property that had garden gnomes outside it. Around 14% of people said they would like to see fruit trees in the garden of a house. * NOP World questioned 954 people during May. Read more
The mystery vine.(Short Story)
; ...Jenny were playing in the backyard. Timmy tripped over a vine. What's that? Timmy asked. Maybe it's a weed, Jenny said. But I see fruit sticking out of the vine, Timmy said. Jenny looked closely at the vine. The fruit could be fruits, Jenny said. Soon leaves... Read more
Activists Ask, `Where's the Fruit?'
; ...ultra-fruit" oatmeal, do you think it should contain fruit? The folks at the Center for Science in the Public Interest would like to see fruit in the food if the word "fruit" is on the label. The consumer watchdog group filed a 70-page complaint about misleading packaging... Read more
Water's best, says dental chief.(News)
; ...more soft drinks than a decade ago - with children under five drinking an average of about two litres a week. It says many now see fruit drinks as a healthier alternative to fizzy pop, but its research shows many best-sellers contain plenty of sugar, plus acids... Read more

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drupe
drupe A fleshy fruit , such as a plum, containing one or a few seeds , each enclosed in a stony layer that is part of the fruit wall. Read more
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drupe (pyrenocarp) A fleshy fruit that develops from either one or several fused carpels and contains one or many seeds. The seeds are... Read more
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drupe • bloop , cock-a-hoop, coop, croup, droop, drupe, dupe, goop, group, Guadeloupe, hoop, loop, poop, recoup, roup, scoop, sloop, snoop, soup, stoep, stoop, stoup, stupe, swoop, troop, troupe, whoop •hula-hoop • cantaloupe... Read more
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drupe (stone fruit) Any fruit with a thin skin, fleshy pulp and hard stone or pip enclosing a single seed. Examples are plums, cherries, peaches, olives, almonds and coconuts. Read more
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drupe Botanical term for a fleshy fruit with a single stone enclosing the seed that does not split along defined lines to liberate the seed, e.g. apricot, cherry, date, mango, olive, peach, plum. Read more

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