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Bunch of purple grapes.

Witness pear flowers opening and then to fruit swelling

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Also Known As	Pyrus

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Bunch of purple grapes.

Witness pear flowers opening and then to fruit swelling

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Williams’ Bon Chrétien pear Passe Crassane Winter Nelis common pear Curato pear Coscia pear Conference pear d’Anjou pear Beurre Bosc fire blight grape banana apple fig orange lemon peach tomato avocado strawberry

Chef tossing vegetables in a frying pan over a burner (skillet, food).

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Red and yellow cherry tomatoes, some forming a question mark, against a light blue background. (organic, fruits, vegetables)

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Venus's-flytrap. Venus's-flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) one of the best known of the meat-eating plants. Carnivorous plant, Venus flytrap, Venus fly trap

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