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  2. Date palm - Wikipedia

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    The glycemic index (GI) for different varieties of the date palm fruit is in the range of 38-71, with 53 on average, indicating dates are a relatively low GI food source. The glycemic load (GL) value of date palm fruits, calculated for a serving size of three fruits (weighting 27 gramm) is 9 on average, indicating that dates have low GL.

  3. Pineapple - Wikipedia

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    The pineapple [2] [3] ( Ananas comosus) is a tropical plant with an edible fruit; it is the most economically significant plant in the family Bromeliaceae. [4] The pineapple is indigenous to South America, where it has been cultivated for many centuries.

  4. Fruit - Wikipedia

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    Fresh fruit mix of blackberries, strawberries, and raspberries. In botany, a fruit is the seed -bearing structure in flowering plants that is formed from the ovary after flowering (see Fruit anatomy ). Fruits are the means by which flowering plants (also known as angiosperms) disseminate their seeds.

  5. Kiwifruit - Wikipedia

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    Kiwi berries. Kiwi berries are edible fruits the size of a large grape, similar to fuzzy kiwifruit in taste and internal appearance but with a thin, smooth green skin. They are primarily produced by three species: Actinidia arguta (hardy kiwi), A. kolomikta (Arctic kiwifruit) and A. polygama (silver vine).

  6. Pomegranate - Wikipedia

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    The fruit is intermediate in size between a lemon and a grapefruit, 5–12 cm (2– 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) in diameter with a rounded shape and thick, reddish husk. [7] In mature fruits, the juice obtained by compressing the seeds yields a sour flavor due to low pH (4.4) and high contents of polyphenols , [21] which may cause a red indelible stain on ...

  7. Dried fruit - Wikipedia

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    Dried fruit has a long tradition of use dating back to the fourth millennium BC in Mesopotamia, and is prized because of its sweet taste, nutritive value, and long shelf life. Today, dried fruit consumption is widespread. Nearly half of the dried fruits sold are raisins, followed by dates, prunes, figs, apricots, peaches, apples, and pears. [1]

  8. Monster Magnet - Wikipedia

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    Monster Magnet is an American rock band, founded in Red Bank, New Jersey in 1989 by Dave Wyndorf (vocals and guitar), John McBain (guitar) and Tim Cronin (vocals and drums). ). The band has since gone through several lineup changes, leaving Wyndorf as the only constant me

  9. Taxonomic rank - Wikipedia

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    In biology, taxonomic rank is the relative level of a group of organisms (a taxon) in an ancestral or hereditary hierarchy. A common system of biological classification ( taxonomy) consists of species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, kingdom, and domain. While older approaches to taxonomic classification were phenomenological, forming ...