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Primary Use

This dimension groups crops by their primary use, food, fiber or fuel. Wikipedia notes that crops are cultivated "to produce food, fiber, fuel, and other products," uses that vary widely from one crop to the next. Browsing by primary use collects every crop grown mainly for the same purpose.

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Primary Plant Part Harvested
Fruit 1
Primary Use
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1. Wikipedia: Fruit
WikipediaFruit, lead section, botanical definition
Quote, Fruit, lead section, botanical definition
In botany, a fruit is the seed-bearing structure in flowering plants (angiosperms) that is formed from the ovary after flowering.
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