List of culinary fruits. Fruits of North American origin

(Includes Canada and the United States and all other countries that produce these fruits) Some other fruits native to North America that are eaten in a small way:
American grape: North American species (e.g., Vitis labrusca; Vitaceae) and American-European hybrids are grown where grape (Vitis vinifera) is not hardy and are used as rootstocks
American Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum; Berberidaceae)
American persimmon (Diospyros virginiana; Ebenaceae)
Beach Plum (Prunus maritima)
Blueberry (Vaccinium, sect. Cyanococcus; Ericaceae)
Buffaloberry (Shepherdia argenta; Elaeagnaceae), which grows wild in the prairies of Canada
Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana)
Cocoplum (Chrysobalanus icaco; Chrysobalanaceae)
Cranberry (Vaccinium oxycoccus)
False-mastic (Mastichodendron foetidissimum; Sapotaceae)
Ground Plum (Astragalus caryocarpus; Fabaceae), also called Ground-plum milk-vetch
Pawpaw (Asimina triloba; Annonaceae, not to be confused with Papaya (Carica papaya; Caricaceae), which is called pawpaw in some English dialects)
Pigeon plum (Coccoloba diversifolia; Polygonaceae)
Salal berry (Gaultheria shallon; Ericaceae)
Salmonberry (Rubus spectabilis; Rosaceae)
Saw Palmetto (Serenoa repens; Ericaceae)
Texas persimmon (Diospyros texana; Ebenaceae)
Thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus; Rosaceae)
Toyon (Heteromeles arbutifolia; Rosaceae)

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Vegetable:

True cereals are the seeds of certain species of grass - Breadnut, Buckwheat, Cattail - According to the botanical definition, nuts are a particular kind of seed - Cycads, Ginkgo, Gnetum gnemon - Vegetarianism is the practice of a diet that excludes all animal flesh, including poultry, game, fish, shellfish or crustacea, and slaughter by-products.

Banana:

In the current world marketing system, bananas are grown in the tropics where hurricanes are not common - The depiction of a person slipping on a banana peel has been a staple of physical comedy for generations - Because of the stereotypical image of monkeys and apes eating bananas, they have been used for racist insults, such as throwing bananas at sports players of African descent - The poet Bashō is named after the Japanese word for a banana plant - Ray Comfort uses the banana as a proof of the existence of a God.

Apples:

Apples appear in many religious traditions, often as a mystical and forbidden fruit - Commercially, apples can be stored for some months in controlled-atmosphere chambers to delay ethylene-induced onset of ripening - Applefest is a yearly three-day festival held in Franklin, Pennsylvania that starts the first Friday of October that attracts over 30,000 people - Apple picking is a recreational activity which occurs during harvest time in areas with apple farms - A cooking apple is an apple that is used primarily for cooking rather than eating fresh.