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Why is an apple a fruit?

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Definition of "FRUIT"

The ripened ovary or ovaries of a seed-bearing plant, together with accessory parts,

containing the seeds and occurring in a wide variety of forms.

An edible, usually sweet and fleshy form of such a structure.

A part or an amount of such a plant product, served as food: fruit for dessert.

The fertile, often spore-bearing structure of a plant that does not bear seeds.

A plant crop or product: the fruits of the earth.

Result; outcome: the fruit of their labor.

Offspring; progeny.

A fruity aroma or flavor in a wine.

Offensive Slang. Used as a disparaging term for a homosexual man

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Because a fruit holds seeds. It "fruits" (protects) them until the fruit's exterior has been used in some sort of way, and, the seeds are scattered.

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I don't think anyone except the one who created the names know why is fruit call a fruit not vegetable.But why are you asking this question?Out ofcuriosity?

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