Hypernyms for "fruit"
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accessory fruit
achene
acorn
aggregate fruit
berry
blue fig
buckthorn berry
buffalo nut
capitulum
chokecherry
cubeb
drupe
ear
edible fruit
elk nut
false fruit
fruitlet
gourd
hagberry
hip
juniper berry
marasca
May apple
multiple fruit
oil nut
olive
pod
pome
prairie gourd
pseudocarp
pyxidium
pyxis
quandong
rose hip
rosehip
rowanberry
schizocarp
seed
seedpod
spike
stone fruit
syncarp
wild cherry
yellow berry
What are hypernyms?
Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.
Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.