[froot] 
noun, plural fruits, (especially collectively
) fruit, verb | 1. | any product of plant growth useful to humans or animals. |
| 2. | the developed ovary of a seed plant with its contents and accessory parts, as the pea pod, nut, tomato, or pineapple. |
| 3. | the edible part of a plant developed from a flower, with any accessory tissues, as the peach, mulberry, or banana. |
| 4. | the spores and accessory organs of ferns, mosses, fungi, algae, or lichen. |
| 5. | anything produced or accruing; product, result, or effect; return or profit: the fruits of one's labors. |
| 6. | Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. a male homosexual. |
| 7. | to bear or cause to bear fruit: a tree that fruits in late summer; careful pruning that sometimes fruits a tree. |
| fruit (frōōt) n. pl. fruit or fruits
To produce or cause to produce fruit. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin frūctus, enjoyment, fruit, from past participle of fruī, to enjoy.] |
In botany, the part of a seed-bearing plant that contains the fertilized seeds capable of generating a new plant (see fertilization). Fruit develops from the female part of the plant. Apples, peaches, tomatoes, and many other familiar foods are fruits.
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a word as used in Scripture denoting produce in general, whether vegetable or animal. The Hebrews divided the fruits of the land into three classes:, (1.) The fruit of the field, "corn-fruit" (Heb. dagan); all kinds of grain and pulse. (2.) The fruit of the vine, "vintage-fruit" (Heb. tirosh); grapes, whether moist or dried. (3.) "Orchard-fruits" (Heb. yitshar), as dates, figs, citrons, etc. Injunctions concerning offerings and tithes were expressed by these Hebrew terms alone (Num. 18:12; Deut. 14:23). This word "fruit" is also used of children or offspring (Gen. 30:2; Deut. 7:13; Luke 1:42; Ps. 21:10; 132:11); also of the progeny of beasts (Deut. 28:51; Isa. 14:29). It is used metaphorically in a variety of forms (Ps. 104:13; Prov. 1:31; 11:30; 31:16; Isa. 3:10; 10:12; Matt. 3:8; 21:41; 26:29; Heb. 13:15; Rom. 7:4, 5; 15:28). The fruits of the Spirit (Gal. 5:22, 23; Eph. 5:9; James 3:17, 18) are those gracious dispositions and habits which the Spirit produces in those in whom he dwells and works.
