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Meaning of fruit

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

fruit

Pronunciation:/fɹuːt//fɹut/

noun

Definitions

  1. (often in the plural) In general, a product of plant growth useful to man or animals.

  2. Specifically, a sweet, edible part of a plant that resembles seed-bearing fruit (see next sense), 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 the petioles of rhubarb, that resemble a true fruit or are used in cookery as if they were a fruit.

  3. A product of fertilization in a plant, specifically:

  4. An end result, effect, or consequence; advantageous or disadvantageous result.

    Example: His long nights in the office eventually bore fruit when his business boomed and he was given a raise.

verb

Definitions

  1. To produce fruit, seeds, or spores.