types of fruit

coconut

co·co·nut [coconut coconuts]   [ˈkəʊkənʌt]    [ˈkoʊkənʌt]  noun
 

1. countable the large nut of a tropical tree called a coconut palm. It grows inside a hard shell and contains a soft white substance that can be eaten and juice that can be drunk.

2. uncountable the soft white substance inside a coconut, used in cooking
• desiccated coconut
• coconut biscuits/cookies
• coconut oil  
Example Bank:
• She broke open the coconut and drank its sweet milk.
• a bay fringed with swaying coconut palms

• huge bunches of fresh coconuts

grape

grape [grape grapes]   [ɡreɪp]    [ɡreɪp]  noun

a small green or purple fruit that grows in bunches on a climbing plant (called a vine). Wine is made from grapes
• a bunch of grapes
• black/white grapes (= grapes that are actually purple/green in colour)
• We picked grapes in the south of France last summer.
see sour grapes at  sour  _adj.  
Word Origin:
Middle English (also in the Old French sense): from Old French, bunch of grapes, probably from graper ‘gather (grapes)’, from grap ‘hook’ (denoting an implement used in harvesting grapes), of Germanic origin.  
Example Bank:
• The peasants used to tread the grapes in huge vats.

• lovely sweet grapes

banana

ba·nana [banana bananas]   [bəˈnɑːnə]    [bəˈnænə]  noun

a long curved fruit with a thick yellow skin and soft flesh, that grows on trees in hot countries
• a bunch of bananas
Idiom: go bananas  
Word Origin:
late 16th cent.: via Portuguese or Spanish from Mande. Mande is a group of Niger-Congo languages spoken by the Mande people of West Africa.  
Example Bank:

• The company has acquired an unhappy knack of slipping on banana skins.

lemon

lemon [lemon lemons] noun, adjective   [ˈlemən]    [ˈlemən] 

noun

1. countable, uncountable a yellow citrus fruit with a lot of sour juice. Slices of lemon and lemon juice are used in cooking and drinks

• lemon tea

• a gin and tonic with ice and lemon

• Squeeze the juice of half a lemon over the fish.

• a lemon tree

2. uncountable lemon juice or a drink made from lemon

see also  bitter lemon

3. (also ˌlemon ˈyellow) uncountable a pale yellow colour

4. countable (informal, especially NAmE) a thing that is useless because it does not work as it should

Syn:  dud

5. countable (BrE) a stupid person

Word Origin:

Middle English: via Old French limon (in modern French denoting a lime) from Arabic līmūn (a collective term for fruits of this kind); compare with lime  (the fruit).

Example Bank:

• Garnish the fish with wedges of lemon.

• Squeeze a quarter of a lemon over the fish.

Syn:  idiot

adjective (also ˌlemon ˈyellow)

pale yellow in colour

Word Origin:

Middle English: via Old French limon (in modern French denoting a lime) from Arabic līmūn (a collective term for fruits of this kind); compare with lime  (the fruit).

orange

or·ange [orange oranges] noun, adjective   [ˈɒrɪndʒ]    [ˈɔːrɪndʒ]    [ˈɑːrɪndʒ] 

noun

countable, uncountable
1. a round citrus fruit with thick reddish-yellow skin and a lot of sweet juice
• orange peel
• an orange tree
• freshly squeezed orange juice
• orange groves (= groups of orange trees)
• orange blossom

see also  blood orange

2. (BrE) orange juice, or a drink made from or tasting of oranges
• Would you like some orange?

• A vodka and orange, please.

3. a bright reddish-yellow colour
• a pale shade of orange

• purples and reds and deep shining oranges

4. Orange™a mobile/cell phone company that was started in Britain in 1994. It had a well-known advertising slogan: The future’s bright. The future’s Orange.
see apples and oranges at  apple  n.  
Word Origin:

late Middle English: from Old French orenge (in the phrase pomme d'orenge), based on Arabic nāranj, from Persian nārang.