Fruit Names
A yellow, curved fruit that monkeys often eat.
Banana
This fruit is orange in color and also the name of a color.
Orange
This fruit is usually sweet and juicy; common examples are apple and pear. (One-word category hint: taste)
sweet fruit
Apples grow on this.
Tree
Finish this idiom: "An apple a day keeps the ___ away."
Doctor
A round red or green fruit often eaten raw or used in pies.
Apple
Round, green on the outside, red or pink inside — often used for juice and has many seeds.
a watermelon
A citrus fruit that tastes sour and is often used in drinks and cooking.
lemon
Grapes grow on this (think wine).
Vine
To be very precious to someone (idiom with a fruit). “She’s the ___ of his eye.”
Apple
A small, round fruit that grows in bunches and can be green, red, or purple.
Grapes
Long and curved; its skin is yellow when ripe.
Banana
Creamy, often used in guacamole, technically a fruit though many call it a vegetable.
avocado
Strawberries grow on this close to the ground and often in gardens.
Bush
This phrase means to choose the best or most desirable: “pick the ___.”
Cherry
A large tropical fruit with spiky skin and sweet yellow flesh inside.
Pineapple
A small, round or heart-shaped red fruit with a single stone (pit) — used in slot-machine images and pies.
cherry
Small, tart, and fibrous; used to make jam and often described as tangy.
Raspberry
This warm-climate type of farm often grows bananas, mangoes, and pineapples.
Tropical farm
In English, this fruit’s name is used for someone who is naive or easy to trick: “He’s a ___.”
lemon
A fuzzy, brown-skinned fruit with bright green flesh and tiny black seeds — often used in fruit salads.
Kiwi
Star-shaped when cut across — a tropical fruit that is usually yellow-green.
starfruit (carambola)
A tropical fruit with a strong sweet smell, creamy texture, and large seeds; some people love it, others find it overpowering.
Durian
This spiny plant produces an edible fruit called the prickly pear.
Cactus
This citrus fruit’s peel is used to make marmalade and its name is also a color and a place name.
Orange