Short answers, pulled from the story.
In botany, a fruit is the seed-bearing structure in flowering plants that forms from the ovary after flowering. This definition includes structures like nuts, bean pods, corn kernels, tomatoes, and wheat grains.
The Supreme Court of the United States ruled on this matter in Nix v. Hedden to determine legal definitions for taxation purposes. The court classified items like tomatoes as vegetables rather than fruits under specific legal contexts.
Plant scientists have classified fruits into three main groups: simple fruits result from the ripening of a single flower with a single pistil. Aggregate fruits develop from a single flower presenting numerous simple pistils. Multiple fruits form from a cluster of flowers also called an inflorescence.
Coconut fruits can float thousands of miles in the ocean spreading their seeds across vast distances. Nipa palm and screw pine also disperse via water.
Bayberry fruits provide wax often used to make candles while dried gourds function as bird houses cups dishes musical instruments and water jugs. Coir fiber from coconut shells makes brushes doormats floor tiles insulation mattresses sacking and growing medium.