FRUITS

Fruits that contain Z

3 fruits containing the letter Z — each with origin, classification, and notes.

Below are fruits that contain the letter Z anywhere in the name. Each of the 3 fruits below opens to a full profile.

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ArazaYuzuZucchini (botanical fruit)

List of Fruits That Contain Z

    1

    Araza

    Eugenia stipitata

    A bright yellow, intensely tart Amazonian fruit too acidic to eat fresh — instead processed into juice, ice cream, and the famous Peruvian araza-pisco cocktail.

    2

    Yuzu

    Citrus junos

    A small bumpy yellow Japanese citrus that's all aroma and almost no juice — used for zest and a few drops of intensely fragrant juice, central to Japanese cuisine and increasingly to Western cocktails.

    3

    Zucchini (botanical fruit)

    Cucurbita pepo

    Botanically a fruit (a *pepo* berry) though treated culinarily as a vegetable, the zucchini is the most-grown summer squash and a green-skinned, tender-fleshed kitchen workhorse.

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