apricot
Yes, It is claimed that apricot pits and laetrile contain hydrogen cyanide and its extremely poisonous. But now the scientist have discovered that the laetrile can be used as a medicine for cancer cure. Laetrile is concentrated amygdalin, which is contained in the seeds of most fruits that we eat, including apricot, peach, cherry, and plum pits, almonds, apple seeds, and raspberries.
Eating fruit pit kernels regularly is not beneficial.
pit fruit
The pit, fruits have seeds and the pit is a seed.
I would think it meant the "pit" of a fruit, the part you throw out (unless you plan on planting it). The fruit is the eatable yummy part, the pit the uneatable yucky part.
amygdalin and laetrile
Laetrile
Amygdalin
A "pit" is the one large seed of a fruit such as a peach or avocado.
Seeds A fruit can have many seeds, but only one pit. For instances an orange has many seeds and a peach has only one pit. A cherry has a pit, but grapes have seeds.
apples
mango