soft fruit

British

noun

any of various types of small edible stoneless fruit, such as strawberries, raspberries, and currants, borne mainly on low-growing plants or bushes

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Machines have a particularly hard time with strawberries because the soft fruit tends to be hidden under leaves.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 9, 2025

"We've worked with everything from soft fruit to salad greens, clearing beds and keeping crops out of the compost heap," said Holtam.

From Salon • Jan. 28, 2025

Opossums, raccoons, rats and mice all like to feast on the soft fruit and can climb the tree to get it.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 1, 2023

The 2009 La Rioja Alta 904, 90 percent tempranillo and 10 percent graciano, was likewise spicy and herbal, with a soft fruit flavor, yet it had more concentration, complexity and intensity, with an underlying earthiness.

From New York Times • Feb. 13, 2020

I flinch biting into the banana, the scab on my upper lip painful even against the soft fruit.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

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