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Audio Help [froot] Pronunciation Key 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. |
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n. pl. fruit or fruits
intr. & tr.v. fruit·ed, fruit·ing, 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.] |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
fruit
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
| fruit | |
noun | |
| 1. | the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant |
| 2. | an amount of a product [syn: yield] |
| 3. | the consequence of some effort or action; "he lived long enough to see the fruit of his policies" |
verb | |
| 1. | cause to bear fruit |
| 2. | bear fruit; "the trees fruited early this year" |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
fruit
see bear fruit; forbidden fruit.
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |
fruit1 [fruːt] noun
Example: The fruit of the vine is the grape.
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version), © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
fruit
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The ripened ovary of a flowering plant that contains the seeds, sometimes fused with other parts of the plant. Fruits can be dry or fleshy. Berries, nuts, grains, pods, and drupes are fruits. ◇ Fruits that consist of ripened ovaries alone, such as the tomato and pea pod, are called true fruits. ◇ Fruits that consist of ripened ovaries and other parts such as the receptacle or bracts, as in the apple, are called accessory fruits or false fruits. See also aggregate fruit, multiple fruit, simple fruit., See Note at berry. Our Living Language : To most of us, a fruit is a plant part that is eaten as a dessert or snack because it is sweet, but to a botanist a fruit is a mature ovary of a plant, and as such it may or may not taste sweet. All species of flowering plants produce fruits that contain seeds. A peach, for example, contains a pit that can grow into a new peach tree, while the seeds known as peas can grow into another pea vine. To a botanist, apples, peaches, peppers, tomatoes, pea pods, cucumbers, and winged maple seeds are all fruits. A vegetable is simply part of a plant that is grown primarily for food. Thus, the leaf of spinach, the root of a carrot, the flower of broccoli, and the stalk of celery are all vegetables. In everyday, nonscientific speech we make the distinction between sweet plant parts (fruits) and nonsweet plant parts (vegetables). This is why we speak of peppers and cucumbers and squash—all fruits in the eyes of a botanist—as vegetables. |
| The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
fruit
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.
[Chapter:] Life Sciences
| The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
Main Entry: fruit
Pronunciation: 'früt
Function: noun
often attributive 1 : the usually edible reproductive body of a seed plant;
especially : one having a sweet pulp associated with the seed <the fruit of the tree>
2 : a product of fertilization in a plant with its modified
envelopes or appendages; specifically : the ripened ovary of a seed plant and its contents
| Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc. |
Main Entry: fruit
Function: noun
1 a : something (as evidence) that is obtained or gathered during an action or operation (as a search) <moved to suppress evidence
seized from the room on the grounds that it was obtained as the fruit of an illegal arrest —National Law Journal> b plural : FRUIT OF THE POISONOUS TREE <the Court was asked to extend the…fruits doctrine —Oregon v.
Elstad, 470 U.S. 298 (1985)>
2 a in the civil Law of Louisiana : property (as income or goods) produced by or derived from other movable or immovable property without
diminution of its substance <co-owners share the fruits and products of the thing held —Louisiana Civil Code> —compare PRODUCT 3
civil fruit
: the revenue derived from property esp. by virtue of an obligation (as a lease)
nat·u·ral fruit
: an animal or plant product (as a crop) b : income that is produced or earned by other property or services
| Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc. |
Fruit Cove, FL (CDP, FIPS 24925) Location: 30.10091 N, 81.61851 W
Population (1990): 5904 (2182 housing units)
Area: 45.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Fruit Heights, UT (city, FIPS 27490) Location: 41.02830 N, 111.90566 W
Population (1990): 3900 (1001 housing units)
Area: 5.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Fruit Hill, OH (CDP, FIPS 28966) Location: 39.06805 N, 84.36620 W
Population (1990): 4101 (1432 housing units)
Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
| U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau |
Fruit
Brook\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Brooked; p. pr. & vb. n. Brooking.] [OE. broken, bruken, to use, enjoy, digest, AS. br?can; akin to D. gebruiken to use, OHG. pr?hhan, G. brauchen, gebrauchen, Icel. br?ka, Goth. br?kjan, and L. frui, to enjoy. Cf. Fruit, Broker.]1. To use; to enjoy. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. To bear; to endure; to put up with; to tolerate; as, young men can not brook restraint. --Spenser. Shall we, who could not brook one lord, Crouch to the wicked ten? --Macaulay. 3. To deserve; to earn. [Obs.] --Sir J. Hawkins.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Fruit
Fruc"ted\, a. [L. fructus fruit. See Fruit.] (Her.) Bearing fruit; -- said of a tree or plant so represented upon an escutcheon. --Cussans.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Fruit
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.
| Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary |
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