hand fruit (English, noun)
expansion: hand fruit (countable and uncountable, plural hand fruits)
Senses:
glosses: Fruit that is normally eaten from the hand, such as apples or bananas.
tags: countable
uncountable
glosses: Fruit of a suitable variety, and of a good grade of condition, such that it is salable on the basis that it is appealing for immediate consumption; in a schema of table fruit, hand fruit, and preserving fruit, table fruit was a top grade, hand fruit was a good grade, and preserving fruit encompassed any combination of (1) varieties less suited to unpreserved consumption (such as by palatability when uncooked) and (2) lower-grade condition that needed more trimming and culling.
tags: countable
dated
uncountable
Forms:
form: hand fruits
tags: plural