hand fruit

hand fruit (countable and uncountable, plural hand fruits)

1. Fruit that are normally eaten from the hand, like apples or bananas.
   • 1887, F. A. Benson, “Table supplies and economics.”, in Good Housekeeping‎, volume 5, number 11, page 272:

     Dealers divide fruit into three sorts–hand fruit, table fruit, and preserving fruit. Hand fruit is that not particularly selected, but of a quality to be eaten from the hand; …

   • 2008, Heather Bauer, The Wall Street Diet‎, Hachette Books, →ISBN:

     For most people, hand fruit—a fruit that fits in your palm—is a good choice. Hand fruits include apples, oranges, pears, peaches, plums, nectarines, or small bananas.

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