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Definition of Fruit

1. Verb. Cause to bear fruit.

2. Noun. The ripened reproductive body of a seed plant.

3. Verb. Bear fruit. "The trees fruited early this year"

4. Noun. An amount of a product.

5. Noun. The consequence of some effort or action. "He lived long enough to see the fruit of his policies"

Definition of Fruit

1. n. Whatever is produced for the nourishment or enjoyment of man or animals by the processes of vegetable growth, as corn, grass, cotton, flax, etc.; -- commonly used in the plural.

2. v. i. To bear fruit.

Definition of Fruit

1. Noun. (botany) The seed-bearing part of a plant, often edible, colourful/colorful and fragrant, produced from a floral ovary after fertilization. ¹

2. Noun. Any sweet, edible part of a plant that resembles seed-bearing fruit, even if it does not develop from a floral ovary; also used in a technically imprecise sense for some sweet or sweetish vegetables, such as rhubarb, that resemble a true fruit or are used in cookery as if they were a fruit. ¹

3. Noun. A positive end result or reward of labour or effort. ¹

4. Noun. Offspring from a sexual union. ¹

5. Noun. (colloquial derogatory dated) A homosexual or effeminate man. ¹

6. Verb. To produce fruit. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fruit

1. to bear fruit (usually edible reproductive bodies of a seed plant) [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Fruit

1. The seed-bearing structure in angiosperms formed from the ovary after flowering. (13 Nov 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fruit

frugalities frugality frugally frugalness frugged frugging frugiferent frugiferous frugivora frugivore

frugivores frugivorous frugs fruict fruicts fruit'y fruit-bearing fruit-cake fruit-eating(a) fruit-tree

fruit bar fruit bat fruit bats fruit bowl fruit bowls fruit cake fruit cakes fruit cocktail fruit cocktails

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