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A baseball-sized citrus fruit with a tough orange skin and flesh that is segmented and juicy. It may have a sweet to slightly bitter taste, depending on the variety.

An oval fruit, which is native to Malaysia, the Rambutan is a relative of the lychee and is often referred to as a hairy lychee.

Also spelled "pitaya". One variety grown in the American tropics on a climbing cactus is an egg shaped, bright pink or red-skinned fruit, which measures more than 3 inches long.

A subtropical plant that is grown for its knobby root, which is used as a seasoning in foods. The root, which is actually a rhizome, has a tan skin and a flesh that may range in color from ivory to light green.

To peel or trim off the outer skin of a fruit or vegetable.

Originally, oxtail referred to the skinned tail of an ox, but over time the definition has changed and is now used to reference the tail meat of beef or veal.

Aside from watermelon, which is a different species, there are three basic types of melons. The first type are small, ridged skin melons, such as the charentais, which are a variety that is more common in Europe than other regions.

A slightly sweet, tender vegetable covered with a shiny skin that ranges in color from purple, which is the most familiar, to red, yellow, or white, depending on the variety.

kiwi, mini kiwi, hardy kiwi, cocktail kiwi,

A very large, early ripening apple. It has a yellow skin with a red blushing covering a large portion of it.

Grown with a light tan to bright yellow colored skin that covers a bright white inner flesh, this variety of radish is native to the country of Poland.

A small apple with a green and red colored outer skin covering a white, firm textured, juicy inner flesh that provides a tart to sweet flavor.

A mid-sized to large citrus fruit that is grown in several different variations, all similar in taste and aroma.

The process, when making wine, of pressing the juice out of grape skins.

A process, occurring during the fermentation process of wine, where the grape skins and the solids in wine are saturated with alcohol, to extract color, tannin, and aroma.

A variety of plum that has a dark purple to black colored skin with a firm, but juicy amber to yellow colored flesh.

A short cylindrical shaped banana that has a green outer skin covering a pink to salmon colored flesh.

A method to prepare fully cooked poultry that has the skin removed so the meat can first be pulled off the bones and then pulled into shreds.

A small apple that has a red outer skin and a cream colored fine textured flesh. This apple has a very sweet flavor with a high sugar content and is a considered a good apple for baking sauces or eating raw.

A variety of summer squash with a dark green skin covering an off-white flesh. It is much like a cucumber in size and shape.