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48 Cards in this Set
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"Aubergine"(european)
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Eggplant
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"Banana Flowers"
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unopened brachts and last formed male flowers
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"Bottle gord"
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another name for Calabash
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"Brinjal" (African and Indian)
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Eggplant
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"cashew apple"
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another edible part of cashew that developes from the accessory tissue of the flower, the receptacle
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"Chinese Gooseberry"
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Kiwi
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"chow-chow"
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Chayote (single seed)
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"fera"
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bearing [grapes]
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"Flavr savr"
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modified tomato; Tomatos were the first fruit to undergo genetic engineering
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"Fruit of the eighties"
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Kiwi
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"Hospitality" fruit (native americans)
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Pineapple
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"Kaju"
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indian name for [cashew nut]
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"King of all fruit"
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Durian
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"Ladys finger"
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Okra (malvaceae)
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"Lassi"
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Indian beverage from mangos
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"Limeys"
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british sailors suffering from scurvy
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"Love apples" (french)
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Tomatos
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"Malus" (latin)
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Bad [apple]
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"Nector of Gods"
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Hippocrates considered olives as nector of the Gods
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"Seeded Apple" (latin) & "Granatum" (French)
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Pomegranates
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"Seeds of the Sun" (persians)
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Apricots
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"sykon" (greek)
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figs meaning syconium
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"Three sisters"
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Cucurbitaceae family- corn, beans, squash
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"Tomatl" (mayan)
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Tomatos
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"Tree of life"
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Date Fruit; term used by Bedouin and Arabian people
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"Wolf Peach" (Germans)
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Tomatos; germans gave name in reference to repelling smell
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actinidin found in
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Kiwi; acts as meat tenderizer
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Amchur
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Dried mango powder used in dishes for sour taste
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Bhindi and Vendi
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Okra name in india
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Brambles
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fertilized ovary ripens to become drupe and adheres to other drupes
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most widely grown fruit in the world?
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Sweet orange
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oleuropein
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a bitter compound found in green olives
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Pseudo-berry
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Lacks viable seeds due to parthenocarpy (banana)
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Solananceae family origin
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Eggplant came from china/india and migrated to new world while, tomatos and pepers did the opposite and originated in new world to futher end up in old world
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King philibert day
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saints day/ harvest day ; "full beard"( filbert )- cashew nuts
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Cashew apple is a ______ fruit
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accessory
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Monkey pods
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Brazil nuts
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"Toddy" or "Arak"
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coconut beverage names
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"cinderella crop"
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Soybean; was named this after introduction and now wide usage in USA
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"Cow without bones"
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Soybean; soy contains high protein and nutrition similar to those found in meat
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"tamar hindi" (middle eastern)
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Translated into "Indian date"
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"Goober" (Africa)
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peanut
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"Ground nut" (asia)
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Peanut
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Examples of true nut
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chesnut, macadamia, cashew, hazelnut
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Examples of drupaceous nut
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walnut, pecans
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Examples of endocarpe drupe nut
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almond, pistachio, coconut
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Example of capsule nut/other nut
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Brazil nuts
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"golden apple"
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sweet orange
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