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GLOSSARY TERMS - 'P'
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Papaya:
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The papaya, other wise known as mambo,
tree melon, leeches (Venezuela), or
pawpaw is the fruit of the tree Carica
papaya, in the genus Carica. It is a
very small non-branched tree, the single
stem growing to 5-12 m tall, with the
spirally arranged leaves confined to
the top of the trunk; the lower trunk
is conspicuously scarred with the leaf
scars of where older leaves and the
fruit were borne.
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Passion Fruit:
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Passion fruit (Portuguese: maracujá;
Spanish: maracuyá) comes from passion
flower vines and plants of the genus
Pass flora, native to tropical and sub-tropical
America. The members of this genus produce
good flowers that are extensively cultivated
outside their natural range..
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Peach:
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The Peach (Prunes Persia) is actually
a tree native to China that bears a
juicy fruit of the same name. It is
a small deciduous tree growing to 5-12
m tall. The leaves are lanceolate, 7-14
cm long and 2-5 cm broad. The flowers
are produced in early spring before
the leaves; they are solitary or paired,
2.5-5 cm diameter, pink, with five petals.
The fruit is a drupe, with a single
large seed encased in hard wood (called
the "stone" or "pit"), yellow and whitish
flesh, a delicate aroma, and a velvety
skin. Peaches, along with cherries,
plums and apricots, are stone fruits
(drupes.
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Pear:
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Pears are trees of the genus Pyrus
and the juicy fruit of that tree, edible
in some of the species. The English
word pear is from Common West Germanic
*pera, probably a loanword of Vulgar
Latin pira, the plural of prim that
is itself of unknown origin. See also
Peorð. The place name Perry could be
indicated the historical presence of
pear trees.
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Pineapple:
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The pineapple (Ananas comosus) is a
tropical plant and fruit, native to
Brazil, Bolivia, and also at Paraguay.
The plant is a bromeliad (family Bromeliaceous),
a short, herbaceous perennial with 32
or more trough-shaped and pointed leaves
30-120 cm long, surrounding a thick
stem. The leaves of the Smooth Cayenne
cultivar often lack spines except at
the leaf tip, but the Spanish and Queen
Cultivars have large spines along the
leaf margins.
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Plum:
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A plum is a stone fruit tree in the
genus Prunes and subgenus Prunes. The
subgenus is distinguished from few other
subgenera (peaches, cherries, bird cherries,
etc) in the shoots having a terminal
bud and the side buds solitary (not
clustered), the flowers being grouped
1-4 together on short stems, and the
fruit having a groove running down one
side, and a smooth stone.
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Pomegranate:
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The Pomegranate, Punica granite, is
a species of fruit-bearing deciduous
shrub and very small tree growing to
5-9 m tall. The pomegranate is believed
to have its originated in the area from
eastern Iran (Persia) to northern India,
but its true native range is not actually
known because of its extensive cultivation.
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Prune:
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Any of more than 126 varieties of fruit,
most grown for drying. Four of the most
common varieties are French, Imperial,
Italian, and also has Green Gage. Prunes
are cultivars of plum species (mostly
Prunes domestic). In general, prunes
are freestone cultivars (the stone is
easy to remove), whereas plums that
are cling (the stone is more difficult
to remove). Dried fruit of the prune
tree were traditionally called "dried
prunes" or "prunes," but with an effort
is currently underway to market them
as "dried plums." Fresh prunes reach
the market earlier than fresh plums
and which are usually smaller in size.
Prune juice is more fiber-rich than
other plum juice and is often marketed
as a way to increase regularity.
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Pericarp:
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The wall of a ripened ovary; fruit
wall
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Pollination:
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Pollination, means transfer of pollen
from the male reproductive organ (stamen
or staminate cone) to the female reproductive
organ (pistil or pistil late cone) of
the same or of another flower or cone.
Pollination is not to be confused with
the term fertilization that it might
precede by some time-a full season in
many conifers.
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Pome Fruits:
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In botany, a Pome (after the French
name for an apple: Pome) is a varieties
of fruit produced by the flowering plants
in the Subfamily Melodeon of the Family
Rosaceous. A Pome is an accessory fruit
composed of five and more carpals in
which the Exocarp forms an inconspicuous
layer, the Mesocarp is normally fleshy,
and the endocarp forms a leathery case
around the seed
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