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F0344200 (fro͞ot)n. pl. fruit or fruits 1. a. The ripened ovary or ovaries of a seed-bearing plant, together with accessory parts, containing the seeds and occurring in a wide variety of forms.b. An edible, usually sweet and fleshy form of such a structure.c. A part or an amount of such a plant product, served as food: fruit for dessert.2. The fertile, often spore-bearing structure of a plant that does not bear seeds.3. A plant crop or product: the fruits of the earth.4. Result; outcome: the fruit of their labor.5. Offspring; progeny.6. A fruity aroma or flavor in a wine.7. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a gay man.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.]

fruit

(fruːt) n1. (Botany) botany the ripened ovary of a flowering plant, containing one or more seeds. It may be dry, as in the poppy, or fleshy, as in the peach2. (Botany) any fleshy part of a plant, other than the above structure, that supports the seeds and is edible, such as the strawberry3. (Botany) the specialized spore-producing structure of plants that do not bear seeds4. (Botany) any plant product useful to man, including grain, vegetables, etc5. (often plural) the result or consequence of an action or effort6. old-fashioned slang Brit chap; fellow: used as a term of address7. slang chiefly Brit a person considered to be eccentric or insane8. slang chiefly US and Canadian a male homosexual9. archaic offspring of man or animals; progenyvbto bear or cause to bear fruit[C12: from Old French, from Latin frūctus enjoyment, profit, fruit, from frūī to enjoy] ˈfruitˌlike adj

fruit

(frut)

n., pl. fruits, (esp. collectively) fruit,
n. 1. the edible part of a plant developed from a flower and containing one or more seeds with any accessory tissues, as the peach, mulberry, or banana. 2. the developed ovary of a seed plant with its contents and accessory parts, as the pea pod, nut, tomato, or pineapple. 3. any product of plant growth useful to humans or animals. 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. 6. Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. (a contemptuous term used to refer to a male homosexual.) v.i., v.t. 7. to bear or cause to bear fruit. [1125–75; Middle English < Old French < Latin frūctus enjoyment, profit, fruit, derivative of fruī to enjoy the produce of] fruit′like`, adj. usage: Definition 6 is a slur and should be avoided. It is used with disparaging intent and is perceived as insulting.

fruit

(fro͞ot) The ripened ovary of a flowering plant that contains the seeds. 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 and cucumber, are called accessory fruits or , false fruits. See Note at berry.Usage To most of us, a fruit is a plant part that is eaten as a dessert or snack because it is sweet, but to someone who studies botany 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 talk 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.

fruit

, vegetable - Fruit is the name given to those plants that have an ovary used for food; vegetable is the name given to a large category of herbaceous plants with parts used for food.See also related terms for vegetable.

fruit

Fruit is usually an uncountable noun. Oranges, bananas, grapes, and apples are all fruit.

You should eat plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables.They import fruit from Australia.

You can refer to an individual orange, banana, etc as a fruit.

Each fruit contains many juicy seeds.

However, this use is not common. You usually refer to an individual orange, banana, etc as a piece of fruit.

Try to eat five pieces of fruit a day.

Don't use a plural form of fruit to refer to several oranges, bananas, etc. Instead you use fruit as an uncountable noun. For example, you say 'I'm going to the market to buy some fruit'. Don't say 'I'm going to the market to buy some fruits'.

There was a bowl with some fruit in it.They gave me fruit, cake and wine.

fruit


Past participle: fruited
Gerund: fruiting
Imperative
fruit
fruit
Present
I fruit
you fruit
he/she/it fruits
we fruit
you fruit
they fruit
Preterite
I fruited
you fruited
he/she/it fruited
we fruited
you fruited
they fruited
Present Continuous
I am fruiting
you are fruiting
he/she/it is fruiting
we are fruiting
you are fruiting
they are fruiting
Present Perfect
I have fruited
you have fruited
he/she/it has fruited
we have fruited
you have fruited
they have fruited
Past Continuous
I was fruiting
you were fruiting
he/she/it was fruiting
we were fruiting
you were fruiting
they were fruiting
Past Perfect
I had fruited
you had fruited
he/she/it had fruited
we had fruited
you had fruited
they had fruited
Future
I will fruit
you will fruit
he/she/it will fruit
we will fruit
you will fruit
they will fruit
Future Perfect
I will have fruited
you will have fruited
he/she/it will have fruited
we will have fruited
you will have fruited
they will have fruited
Future Continuous
I will be fruiting
you will be fruiting
he/she/it will be fruiting
we will be fruiting
you will be fruiting
they will be fruiting
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been fruiting
you have been fruiting
he/she/it has been fruiting
we have been fruiting
you have been fruiting
they have been fruiting
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been fruiting
you will have been fruiting
he/she/it will have been fruiting
we will have been fruiting
you will have been fruiting
they will have been fruiting
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been fruiting
you had been fruiting
he/she/it had been fruiting
we had been fruiting
you had been fruiting
they had been fruiting
Conditional
I would fruit
you would fruit
he/she/it would fruit
we would fruit
you would fruit
they would fruit
Past Conditional
I would have fruited
you would have fruited
he/she/it would have fruited
we would have fruited
you would have fruited
they would have fruited

fruit

A ripened ovary of a flowering plant, containing seeds.
Thesaurus
Noun1.fruit - the ripened reproductive body of a seed plantfruit - the ripened reproductive body of a seed plantedible fruit - edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet fleshjuniper berry - berrylike fruit of a plant of the genus Juniperus especially the berrylike cone of the common juniperreproductive structure - the parts of a plant involved in its reproductionMay apple - edible but insipid fruit of the May apple plantachene - small dry indehiscent fruit with the seed distinct from the fruit wallgourd - any of numerous inedible fruits with hard rindsprairie gourd - small hard green-and-white inedible fruit of the prairie gourd plantblue fig, quandong - the fruit of the Brisbane quandong treeacorn - fruit of the oak tree: a smooth thin-walled nut in a woody cup-shaped baseolive - small ovoid fruit of the European olive tree; important food and source of oilrose hip, rosehip, hip - the fruit of a rose plantwild cherry - the fruit of the wild cherry treemarasca - small bitter fruit of the marasca cherry tree from whose juice maraschino liqueur is madehagberry - small cherry much liked by birdschokecherry - the fruit of the chokecherry treerowanberry - decorative red berrylike fruit of a rowan treebuffalo nut, elk nut, oil nut - oily drupaceous fruit of rabbitwoodcapitulum, spike, ear - fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially cornfruitlet - a diminutive fruit, especially one that is part of a multiple fruitseed - a small hard fruitberry - a small fruit having any of various structures, e.g., simple (grape or blueberry) or aggregate (blackberry or raspberry)aggregate fruit, multiple fruit, syncarp - fruit consisting of many individual small fruits or drupes derived from separate ovaries within a common receptacle: e.g. blackberry; raspberry; pineappledrupe, stone fruit - fleshy indehiscent fruit with a single seed: e.g. almond; peach; plum; cherry; elderberry; olive; jujubefalse fruit, pome - a fleshy fruit (apple or pear or related fruits) having seed chambers and an outer fleshy partseedpod, pod - a several-seeded dehiscent fruit as e.g. of a leguminous plantpyxidium, pyxis - fruit of such plants as the plantain; a capsule whose upper part falls off when the seeds are releasedaccessory fruit, pseudocarp - fruit containing much fleshy tissue besides that of the ripened ovary; as apple or strawberrybuckthorn berry, yellow berry - fruit of various buckthorns yielding dyes or pigmentscubeb - spicy fruit of the cubeb vine; when dried and crushed is used medicinally or in perfumery and sometimes smoked in cigarettesschizocarp - a dry dehiscent fruit that at maturity splits into two or more parts each with a single seed
2.fruit - an amount of a productyieldproduct, production - an artifact that has been created by someone or some process; "they improve their product every year"; "they export most of their agricultural production"
3.fruit - the consequence of some effort or action; "he lived long enough to see the fruit of his policies"aftermath, consequence - the outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual
Verb1.fruit - cause to bear fruit
2.fruit - bear fruit; "the trees fruited early this year"bear, turn out - bring forth, "The apple tree bore delicious apples this year"; "The unidentified plant bore gorgeous flowers"

fruit

noun1. produce, crop, yield, harvest The fruit has got a long storage life.2. (often plural) result, reward, outcome, end result, return, effect, benefit, profit, advantage, consequence The findings are the fruit of more than three years research.Quotations
"A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit" Bible: St. MatthewProverbs
"He that would eat the fruit must climb the tree"

Fruits

ananas, anchovy pear, apple, apricot, avocado, avocado pear, or (U.S.) alligator pear, babaco, banana, Bartlett pear, beach plum, bergamot pear, berry, Beurre Hardy pear, bigarreau cherry, bilberry, blaeberry, huckleberry, whortleberry, or (Irish) fraughan, blackberry or (Scot.) bramble, black cherry, blackcurrant, blackheart cherry, blood orange, blueberry, Bon Chretien pear, boxberry, boysenberry, breadfruit, calamondin, cantaloup or cantaloupe melon, carambola or star fruit, casaba or cassaba melon, Charentais melon, chayote, chempaduk, cherry, chokecherry, choko, citron, clementine, cloudberry or (Canad.) bakeapple, Concord grape, Conference pear, cranberry, custard apple, damson, date, dewberry, durian or durion, elderberry, fig, Galia melon, gooseberry or (informal) goosegog, grape, grapefruit, greengage, guava, hackberry, heart cherry, honeydew melon, jackfruit or jack, Jaffa orange, kiwano (trademark), Kiwi fruit or Chinese gooseberry, kumquat or cumquat, lemon, lime, lychee, litchi, lichee, or lichi, loganberry, longan, loquat or Japan plum, mandarin, mango, mangosteen, May apple, medlar, melon, minneola, morello cherry, mulberry, muskmelon, nashi or Asian pear, navel orange, nectarine, Ogen melon, olive, orange, ortanique, papaw or pawpaw, papaya, passion fruit or granadilla, peach, pear, pepper, physalis, Cape gooseberry, or strawberry tomato, pineapple, plantain, plum, pomegranate, pomelo or shaddock, prickly pear, prune, pumpkin, Queensland blue, quince, raisin, rambutan, raspberry, redcurrant, rockmelon, salmonberry, sapota, sapodilla, sapodilla plum, or naseberry, saskatoon, satsuma, Seville orange, serviceberry, sharon fruit or persimmon, sloe, snowberry, sour cherry, sour gourd, soursop, star-apple, strawberry, sultana, sweet cherry, sweetie, sweetsop, tamarillo or tree tomato, tamarind, tangelo, tangerine or (S. African) naartje, tayberry, tomato or (archaic) love apple, UGLI (trademark), victoria or victoria plum, watermelon, white currant, Williams pear, winter melon, youngberry

fruit

noun1. The produce harvested from the land:crop, fruitage, harvest, yield.2. Something brought about by a cause:aftermath, consequence, corollary, effect, end product, event, harvest, issue, outcome, precipitate, ramification, result, resultant, sequel, sequence, sequent, upshot.
Translations
水果结果实成果

fruit

(fruːt) noun1. the part of a plant that produces the seed, especially when eaten as food. The fruit of the vine is the grape. 水果 水果2. a result; something gained as a result of hard work etc. the fruit of his hard work. 成果 成果 verb to produce fruit. This tree fruits early. 結果實 结果实ˈfruitful adjective producing (good) results. a fruitful meeting. 富有成效的 富有成效的fruition (fruˈiʃən) noun an actual result; the happening of something that was thought of, hoped for etc. Her dreams came to fruition. 實現 实现ˈfruitless adjective useless; with no results. a fruitless attempt. 無效果的 无效果的ˈfruitlessly adverb 無效果地 无效果地ˈfruity adjective of or like fruit. a fruity taste; a fruity drink. 果味的 果味的
fruit is a collective noun taking a singular verb: Fruit is good for you ; The tree bears fruit (not fruits ).
The plural fruits is used in talking about different types of fruit: oranges, mangoes and other fruits .

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fruit of (one's) loins

One's child or children; one's immediate or future descendant(s). As the baby-boomer generation ages, many are increasingly relying on the fruit of their loins for financial and medical support. Little could she know that, nearly two centuries later, the fruit of her loins would be in nearly every continent on the planet.See also: fruit, loin, of

fruit of the poisonous tree

In US law, any secondary legal evidence that has been obtained as the result of unconstitutional or illegal means or information gathered in such a way. Such evidence, both the primary source and the secondary result, are generally inadmissible in court. The police were found to have obtained the knowledge of the illicit firearms' location from a search they conducted without a warrant, and thus this fruit of the poisonous tree was ultimately not admitted during the prosecution.See also: fruit, of, tree

fruit of the union

1. A child or children resulting from the union between two people, such as a marriage or domestic union. Also written as "fruit of one's union." Why wouldn't you want to have children? They're the normal fruit of the union of marriage! When we started the divorce proceedings, the largest question was who would retain custody over the fruit of our union.2. The offspring resulting from a sexual union between two mates. A "labradoodle," one of the cutest but silliest-named crossbreeds around, is the fruit of the union between a Labrador Retriever and a poodle.3. The outcome, result, or product of an interaction or union between two or more bodies, elements, or forces. Water is merely the fruit of the union of two hydrogen atoms and a single oxygen atom. The treaty was ultimately the fruit of the union of two brilliant academics on either side of the war, who worked for months with each side's leaders to find a peaceful solution to the conflict.See also: fruit, of, union

forbidden fruit is the sweetest

People are drawn to things that they are forbidden from doing or having. A: "I know you're intrigued by Derek, but he's married!" B: "But forbidden fruit is the sweetest!" Since forbidden fruit is the sweetest, I couldn't stop myself from taking a piece of the cake my mom had specifically made for work.See also: forbidden, fruit, sweet

fruit salad

rude slang A disparaging term for a homosexual man (as is "fruit").See also: fruit, salad

he that would eat the fruit must climb the tree

One must work for what one wants. You can't rely on sheer intelligence in order to get good grades—he that would eat the fruit must climb the tree.See also: climb, eat, fruit, he, must, that, tree

bear fruit

1. Literally, to produce fruit, as of certain trees and plants. Now that the tree in our back yard is bearing fruit, the kids love picking apples from it.2. By extension, to yield desired results. Donna is convinced that this plan will bear fruit if we just keep working on it, but it's been a year—the rest of us are officially skeptical.See also: bear, fruit

the bitter fruits

The negative consequences of something. The economy is in shambles, and unemployment and underemployment are the bitter fruits.See also: bitter, fruit

forbidden fruit

Something that one desires but cannot or should not have. A reference to the Biblical story of Adam and Eve and the fruit that God forbade them to eat in the Garden of Eden. Since forbidden fruit is the sweetest, I couldn't stop myself from taking a piece of the cake my mom had specifically made for work.See also: forbidden, fruit

the fruit(s) of (something)

The desired product(s) or result(s) of an activity, effort, or situation. The fruit of the long and bitter negotiations has been a historic peace treaty that will see the end of a 50-year war. Behold, the fruits of our labor: the most advanced artificial intelligence ever created!See also: of

low-hanging fruit

1. That which is especially easy to obtain or achieve. Often implies something that is perhaps not as satisfying as that which takes more effort or skill to obtain or do. Jokes about the president's peculiar way speaking are pretty low-hanging fruit, if you ask me. It was low-hanging fruit, but the first-round victory is good to get under our belt all the same.2. Someone who is very easy to persuade, swindle, or sell to. You've got to learn how to spot people who've just gotten paid—they're eager to spend their wages, so they're always low-hanging fruit.See also: fruit

the weed of crime bears bitter fruit

Illegal, immoral, or illicit schemes will only every yield bad outcomes. While sentencing the three CEOs following their conviction, the judge said he wanted to make it clear to the whole country that the weed of crime bears bitter fruits.See also: bear, bitter, crime, fruit, of, weed

stolen fruit is (the) sweetest

That which is illicit or illegal is all the more enticing simply by being illicit or illegal. Some people end up cheating on their spouses and partners not out of some deep affection for the other person, but because stolen fruit is sweetest. Why slave away all day to buy nice things with our hard-earned money when there are ways to get them for free? Stolen fruit is the sweetest, after all.See also: fruit, stolen, sweet

fruitcake

1. A spice cake containing fruit and nuts. Often used as a humorous reference because it is often deemed unappetizing. Just give me a minute to cut up the fruitcake. Need a doorstop? Try this fruitcake!2. slang Someone who is odd or wacky. What conspiracy theory is that old fruitcake blathering on about now?3. offensive slang A derogatory term for a male who is homosexual or otherwise non-heterosexual or considered effeminate.

fruit loop

slang Someone prone to behaving in a clumsy, cloddish manner. Of course he broke the vase—that guy is such a fruit loop.See also: fruit, loop

fruit

1. slang Someone who is odd or wacky. What conspiracy theory is that old fruit blathering on about now?2. slang Someone who can be easily deceived or swindled. That guy's definitely a fruit—you start talking to him, and I'll pick his pocket.3. offensive slang A derogatory term for a male who is homosexual or otherwise non-heterosexual or considered effeminate.

the fruits of (one's) labor

The outcome or rewards of one's work or efforts. You worked hard this semester, and straight A's are the fruits of your labor. Please, have some fresh strawberries—they're the fruits of my labor in the garden.See also: fruit, labor, of

the fruit of (one's) labors

The outcome or rewards of one's work or efforts. You worked hard this semester, and straight A's are the fruit of your labors. Please, have some fresh strawberries—they're the fruit of my labors in the garden.See also: fruit, labor, of

hen fruit

An egg laid by a hen. Time to go out to the chicken coop and get today's hen fruit. I'm not a big fan of hen fruit—is there anything else I can eat for breakfast?See also: fruit, hen

bag of fruit

A suit. The phrase originated as rhyming slang. Primarily heard in Australia. You forgot to bring your bag of fruit to the hotel? What are you gong to wear to the wedding?See also: bag, fruit, of

bear fruit

 1. Lit. [for a plant or tree] to yield fruit. Our apple tree didn't bear fruit this year. 2. Fig. to yield results. I hope your new plan bears fruit. We've had many good ideas, but none of them has borne fruit.See also: bear, fruit

forbidden fruit

Fig. someone or something that one finds attractive or desirable partly because having the person or thing is immoral or illegal. (Biblical; from the apple in the Garden of Eden that was forbidden to Adam by God.) Jim flirts with his sister-in-law only because she's forbidden fruit. The boy watches that program only when his parents are out. It's forbidden fruit.See also: forbidden, fruit

fruits of one's labor(s)

Fig. the results of one's work. We displayed the fruits of our labor at the county fair. What have you accomplished? Where is the fruit of your labors?See also: fruit, labor, of

low-hanging fruit

Fig. the easiest person(s) to sell something to, to convince of something, or to fool. (From the much older easy pickings.) People who always want to be the first to buy something, they're low-hanging fruit for this product. Don't be satisfied with the low-hanging fruit. Go after the hard-sell types.See also: fruit

stolen fruit is sweetest

 and stolen pleasures are sweetestProv. People often enjoy illicit things just because they are illicit. To judge from the number of his extramarital affairs, John must believe that stolen pleasures are sweetest.See also: fruit, stolen, sweet

tree is known by its fruit

Prov. People judge your character by what you do. (Biblical.) The politician may say she believes in more spending on child care, but the tree is known by its fruit; she hasn't voted for a single measure that would help.See also: by, fruit, known, tree

bear fruit

Yield results, have a favorable outcome, as in This new idea of his is bound to bear fruit. This metaphoric term, first recorded in 1879, transfers the production of fruit by a tree or plant to other kinds of useful yield. See also: bear, fruit

forbidden fruit

Unlawful pleasure or enjoyment; illicit love. For example, After Mary moved in with John, Tom began courting her-forbidden fruit is sweet, I guess , or Smoking behind the woodshed, that's a case of forbidden fruit. This expression alludes to Adam and Eve's violation of God's commandment not to touch fruit from the tree of knowledge, which resulted in their expulsion from the Garden of Eden (Genesis 3:6). In the form forbidden fruit is sweet it appeared in numerous early English proverb collections. See also: forbidden, fruit

bear fruit

FORMALCOMMON If an action bears fruit, it produces good results. The strategy of concentrating the company's efforts on a smaller range of businesses is now beginning to bear fruit. It remains to be seen whether the economic reforms will bear fruit.See also: bear, fruit

forbidden fruit

If you call something forbidden fruit, you mean that you want it very much but are not allowed to have it. Knowing that from now on you can't drink alcohol or have sugar in your tea can make you want those forbidden fruits even more. `What kept Charlie and I going for 27 years,' she explains, `was the thrill of the illicit, the sense of forbidden fruit.' Note: This expression refers to the story in the Bible in which Eve tempts Adam to eat the fruit of the tree of knowledge, which God had forbidden them to touch. See also: forbidden, fruit

low-hanging fruit

People use low-hanging fruit to refer to the things that are the easiest to achieve or get. I think there's a lot of low-hanging fruit that we can go after in terms of reducing our costs.See also: fruit

forbidden fruit

a thing that is desired all the more because it is not allowed. The original forbidden fruit was that forbidden to Adam in the Garden of Eden: ‘But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it’ (Genesis 2:17).See also: forbidden, fruit

bear fruit

have good results. This expression is a biblical metaphor, found, for example, in Matthew 13:23: ‘But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty’.See also: bear, fruit

bear ˈfruit

have the desired result; be successful: The tireless efforts of campaigners have finally borne fruit and the prisoners are due to be released tomorrow.See also: bear, fruit

forˌbidden ˈfruit

something that you are not allowed to have, do, etc. and for this reason is more attractive: He felt very attracted to his best friend’s wife, but admitted that it was partly because she was forbidden fruit.This expression refers to the story of Adam and Eve in the Bible, in which Eve ate an apple when she wasn’t allowed to.See also: forbidden, fruit

the fruit(s) of something

the good results of an activity or a situation: Enjoy the fruits of your labours (= the rewards for your hard work). ♢ The book is the fruit of years of research.See also: fruit, of, something

fruit

1. n. a strange person. (Now overwhelmed by sense 2) Ted is such a fruit. 2. and fruiter n. a homosexual male. (Usually rude and derogatory.) Bob thinks that you-know-who is a fruit.

fruitcake

1. n. a silly-acting person. (Also a term of address.) You can be such a silly fruitcake sometimes. 2. n. a male homosexual. (Rude and derogatory. An elaboration of fruit.) We went into this bar, but it was filled with fruitcakes, so we left. 3. and fruit loop n. a foolish oaf. (Someone who is as nutty as a fruitcake. Fruit loop is borrowed from the cereal of the same [protected trade] name.) What a fruitcake! Doesn’t even know where his head is at. Out of the way, fruit loop.

fruit loop

verbSee fruitcakeSee also: fruit, loop

hen fruit

n. (chicken) eggs. There’s nothing like hen fruit and bacon. See also: fruit, hen

forbidden fruit

An unlawful pleasure, usually one that is stolen; especially, illicit love. The expression alludes to the story of Eve in the Book of Genesis (2:17–3:6), in which she caused herself and Adam to be expelled from the Garden of Eden because she ate the forbidden fruit of the tree of knowledge. “Forbidden fruit is sweet” subsequently became a proverb, quoted in numerous early English sources, and was applied to any illicit pleasure.See also: forbidden, fruit

the weed of crime bears bitter fruit

No good will come from criminal schemes. The Shadow was a very popular radio detective series that began in the early 1930s. Its hero, playboy Lamont Cranston, had “the power to cloud men's minds,” a form of hypnosis by which he appeared off to the side of where people thought he stood (contrary to popular belief, the Shadow did not make himself invisible). After the credits at the end of every episode, the Shadow intoned, “The weed of crime bears bitter fruit. Crime does not pay! The Shadow knows,” and then utter a sardonic laugh. Another famous Shadow-ism was “Who knows what evil lurks in the minds of men?—The Shadow knows!”See also: bear, bitter, crime, fruit, of, weed

fruit


fruit,

matured ovary of the pistil of a flower, containing the seedseed,
fertilized and ripened ovule, consisting of the plant embryo, varying amounts of stored food material, and a protective outer seed coat. Seeds are frequently confused with the fruit enclosing them in flowering plants, especially in grains and nuts.
..... Click the link for more information. . After the egg nucleus, or ovum, has been fertilized (see fertilizationfertilization,
in biology, process in the reproduction of both plants and animals, involving the union of two unlike sex cells (gametes), the sperm and the ovum, followed by the joining of their nuclei.
..... Click the link for more information. ) and the embryo plantlet begins to form, the surrounding ovule (see pistilpistil
, one of the four basic parts of a flower, the central structure around which are arranged the stamens, the petals, and the sepals. The pistil is usually called the female reproductive organ of a flowering plant, although the actual reproductive structures are microscopic.
..... Click the link for more information. ) develops into a seed and the ovary wall (pericarp) around the ovule becomes the fruit. The pericarp consists of three layers of tissue: the thin outer exocarp, which becomes the "skin"; the thicker mesocarp; and the inner endocarp, immediately surrounding the ovule. A flower may have one or more simple pistils or a compound pistil made up of two or more fused simple pistils (each called a carpel); different arrangements give rise to different types of fruit. A new variety of fruit is obtained as a hybridhybrid
, term applied by plant and animal breeders to the offspring of a cross between two different subspecies or species, and by geneticists to the offspring of parents differing in any genetic characteristic (see genetics).
..... Click the link for more information.  in plant breedingbreeding,
in agriculture and animal husbandry, propagation of plants and animals by sexual reproduction; usually based on selection of parents with desirable traits to produce improved progeny.
..... Click the link for more information.  or may develop spontaneously by mutationmutation,
in biology, a sudden, random change in a gene, or unit of hereditary material, that can alter an inheritable characteristic. Most mutations are not beneficial, since any change in the delicate balance of an organism having a high level of adaptation to its environment
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Types of Fruits

Fruits are classified according to the arrangement from which they derive. There are four types—simple, aggregate, multiple, and accessory fruits. Simple fruits develop from a single ovary of a single flower and may be fleshy or dry. Principal fleshy fruit types are the berry, in which the entire pericarp is soft and pulpy (e.g., the grape, tomato, banana, pepo, hesperidium, and blueberry) and the drupe, in which the outer layers may be pulpy, fibrous, or leathery and the endocarp hardens into a pit or stone enclosing one or more seeds (e.g., the peach, cherry, olive, coconut, and walnut). The name fruit is often applied loosely to all edible plant products and specifically to the fleshy fruits, some of which (e.g., eggplant, tomatoes, and squash) are commonly called vegetables. Dry fruits are divided into those whose hard or papery shells split open to release the mature seed (dehiscent fruits) and those that do not split (indehiscent fruits). Among the dehiscent fruits are the legumelegume
, common name for any plant of the family Leguminosae, which is called also the pulse, legume, pea, or bean family. The word is often used loosely in the plural for vegetables in general.
..... Click the link for more information.  (e.g., the pod of the pea and bean), which splits at both edges, and the follicle, which splits on only one side (e.g., milkweed and larkspur); others include the dry fruits of the poppy, snapdragon, lily, and mustard. Indehiscent fruits include the single-seeded achene of the buttercup and the composite flowers; the caryopsis (graingrain,
in agriculture, term referring to the caryopsis, or dry fruit, of a cereal grass. The term is also applied to the seedlike fruits of buckwheat and of certain other plants and is used collectively for any plant that bears such fruits.
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in botany, a dry one-seeded fruit which is indehiscent (i.e., does not split open along a definite seam at maturity). Among the true nuts are the acorn, chestnut, and hazelnut.
..... Click the link for more information.  (e.g., acorn and hazelnut); and the fruits of the carrot and parsnip (not to be confused with their edible fleshy roots).

An aggregate fruit (e.g., blackberry and raspberry) consists of a mass of small drupes (drupelets), each of which developed from a separate ovary of a single flower. A multiple fruit (e.g., pineapple and mulberry) develops from the ovaries of many flowers growing in a cluster. Accessory fruits contain tissue derived from plant parts other than the ovary; the strawberry is actually a number of tiny achenes (miscalled seeds) outside a central pulpy pith that is the enlarged receptacle or base of the flower. The core of the pineapple is also receptacle (stem) tissue. The best-known accessory fruit is the pome (e.g., apple and pear), in which the fleshy edible portion is swollen stem tissue and the true fruit is the central core. The skin of the banana is also stem tissue, as is the rind of the pepo (berrylike fruit) of the squash, cucumber, and melon.

The Role of Fruits in Seed Dispersal

The structure of a fruit often facilitates the dispersal of its seeds. The "wings" of the maple, elm, and ailanthus fruits and the "parachutes" of the dandelion and the thistle are blown by the wind; burdock, cocklebur, and carrot fruits have barbs or hooks that cling to fur and clothing; and the buoyant coconut may float thousands of miles from its parent tree. Some fruits (e.g., witch hazel and violet) explode at maturity, scattering their seeds. A common method of dispersion is through the feces of animals that eat fleshy fruits containing seeds covered by indigestible coats.

Fruit

A matured carpel or group of carpels (the basic units of the gynoecium or female part of the flower) with or without seeds, and with or without other floral or shoot parts (accessory structures) united to the carpel or carpels. Carpology is the study of the morphology and anatomy of fruits. The ovary develops into a fruit after fertilization and usually contains one or more seeds, which have developed from the fertilized ovules. Parthenocarpic fruits usually lack seeds. Fruitlets are the small fruits or subunits of aggregate or multiple fruits. Flowers, carpels, ovaries, and fruits are, by definition, restricted to the flowering plants (angiosperms), although fruitlike structures may enclose seeds in certain other groups of seed plants. The fruit is of ecological significance because of seed dispersal. See Seed

Morphology

A fruit develops from one or more carpels. Usually only part of the gynoecium, the ovary, develops into a fruit; the style and stigma wither. Accessory (extracarpellary or noncarpellary) structures may be closely associated with the carpel or carpels and display various degrees of adnation (fusion) to them, thus becoming part of the fruit. Such accessory parts include sepals (as in the mulberry), the bases of sepals, petals, and stamens united into a floral tube (apple, banana, pear, and other species with inferior ovaries), the receptacle (strawberry), the pedicel and receptacle (cashew), the peduncle (fleshy part of the fig), the involucre composed of bracts and bracteoles (walnut and pineapple), and the inflorescence axis (pineapple). See Flower

A fruit derived from only carpellary structures is called a true fruit, or, because it develops from a superior ovary (one inserted above the other floral parts), a superior fruit (corn, date, grape, plum, and tomato). Fruits with accessory structures are called accessory (or inaptly, false or spurious) fruits (pseudocarps), or, because of their frequent derivation from inferior ovaries (inserted below the other floral parts), inferior fruits (banana, pear, squash, and walnut).

Fruits can be characterized by the number of ovaries and flowers forming the fruit. A simple fruit is derived form one ovary, an aggregate fruit from several ovaries of one flower (magnolia, rose, and strawberry). A multiple (collective) fruit is derived from the ovaries and accessory structures of several flowers consolidated into one mass (fig, pandan, pineapple, and sweet gum).

The fruit wall at maturity may be fleshy or, more commonly, dry. Fleshy fruits range from soft and juicy to hard and tough. Dry fruits may be dehiscent, opening to release seeds, or indehiscent, remaining closed and containing usually one seed per fruit. Fleshy fruits are rarely dehiscent.

The pericarp is the fruit wall developed from the ovary. In true fruits, the fruit wall and pericarp are synonymous, but in accessory fruits the fruit wall includes the pericarp plus one or more accessory tissues of various derivation. Besides the fruit wall, a fruit contains one or more seed-bearing regions (placentae) and often partitions (septa).

Anatomy

Anatomically or histologically, a fruit consists of dermal, ground (fundamental), and vascular systems and, if present, one or more seeds. After fertilization the ovary and sometimes accessory parts develop into the fruit; parthenocarpy is fruit production without fertilization. The fruit generally increases in size and undergoes various anatomical changes that usually relate to its manner of dehiscence, its mode of dispersal, or protection of its seeds. The economically important, mainly fleshy fruits have received the most histological and developmental study.

Size increase of fruits is hormonally controlled and results from cell division and especially from cell enlargement. Cell number, volume, and weight thus control fruit weight. Cell division generally is more pronounced before anthesis (full bloom); cell enlargement is more pronounced after.

Functional aspects

Large fruits generally require additional anatomical modifications for nutrition or support or both. The extra phloem in fruit vascular bundles and the often increased amount of vascular tissue in the fruit wall and septa supply nutrients to the developing seeds and, especially in fleshy fruits, to the developing walls. Large, especially fleshy fruits (apple, gourd, and kiwi) usually contain proportionally more vascular tissue than small fruits. Vascular tissue also serves for support and in lightweight fruits may be the chief means of support.

Crystals, tannins, and oils commonly occur in fruits and may protect against pathogens and predators. The astringency of tannins, for example, may be repellent to organisms. With fruit maturation, tannin content ordinarily decreases, so the tannin repellency operative in early stages is superseded in fleshy fruits by features (tenderness, succulence, sweetness through odor and increased sugar content, and so on) attractive to animal dispersal agents. Many fruits are dispersed by hairs, hooks, barbs, spines, and sticky mucilage adhering the fruit to the surface of the dispersal agent. Lightweight fruits with many air spaces or with wings or plumes may be dispersed by wind or water. Gravity is always a factor in dispersal of fruits and seeds.

Fruit

 

an organ of angiospermous plants that arises from the flower and serves to form, protect, and disseminate the seeds enclosed in it. The fruit is formed after fertilization (except for parthenocarpous fruit). In the more primitive plants, such as Ranunculaceae, the fruit originates only from an expanded and modified gynoecium that is attached to the torus. Its formation occurs without the participation of the other organs making up the flower. In the process of evolution, owing to the development of adaptations for the protection and dissemination of seeds, the following floral parts acquired ever greater importance in fruit formation: the torus (strawberry), gynophore (Capparis, Caryo-phyllaceae), perianth (sugar beet, mulberry), calyx (henbane), corolla and stamens (clover), hypanthium of leaf origin (apple), flowering glumes and lemmas (grasses), and bracts (orache). The outer part of the fruit is the pericarp. The seeds develop inside the fruit in nidi and on enations (placentas).

In many classifications, a distinction is usually made between true fruit (formed from the expanded ovary) and accessory, or spurious, fruits (formed from the ovary and additional floral parts). True fruits include simple fruits, formed from a single pistil, and aggregate fruits, formed from a multiple apocarpous gynoecium. Simple fruits are designated according to the consistency of the pericarp as being either dry or fleshy. Dry fruits may be polyspermous dehiscent (follicle, legume, silique, utricle, capsule, pyxidium), polyspermous indehiscent (segmented bean, segmented pod), schizocarpic (double-winged fruit, cremocarp), and monospermous indehiscent (nut, nutlet, samara, achene, caryopsis). Fleshy fruits include those that are polyspermous (berry, pepo, pome, hesperidium, balausta) and those that are monospermous (drupe). Aggregate fruits proceeding from the names of simple fruits include aggregate follicles, aggregate achenes, and aggregate drupes.

More modern morphogenetic classifications of fruits take into account the aggregate of characters that are important in elucidating evolution: the structure of the gynoecium; the character and degree of participation of organs other than the gynoecium in fruit formation; the number, distribution, and means of concrescence of the carpels; and the number of seeds and their type of attachment. Morphogenetic classifications make a distinction between apocarpous fruits (formed from nonconcresced pistils) and coenocarpous fruits (formed from a gamophyllous gynoecium).

Coenocarpous fruits may be syncarpous (bilocular or multi-locular, with axile placentation), paracarpous (unilocular, with parietal placentation), or lysicarpous (unilocular, with free central placentation). Depending on the degree of participation of various nonpistillate organs in fruit formation, the fruit may be naked, have a spathe or a sheath, or be submerged. Its position with respect to the ovary is said to be superior, inferior, or half-inferior.

Apocarpous fruits are the most primitive. The parent type is considered the naked superior spiral multifollicular fruit (globe-flower). In the process of evolution, as a result of a decrease in the number of carpels, the parent type developed into pentafol-licular, trifollicular, bifollicular, and unifollicular fruits (monkshood, larkspur). A change in the relative positions of the carpels resulted in the evolution of a cyclical multiple fruit (Cras-sulaceae), and the formation of a fleshy pericarp resulted in a fleshy multiple fruit (lemon tree). A decrease in the number of seeds to one led to the formation of a multiple nutlet (Ranunculus). Similarly, a decrease in the number of carpels in the fleshy multifollicular fruit resulted in the formation of a fleshy unifollicle (baneberry) and mononutlet (hornwort). Also descended from the multifollicular fruit is the typical legume, which has a different number of carpels. The legume dehisces not only along its ventral suture but also along its middle vein. The multiple drupe (raspberry) possibly descended from the multiple fruit as a result of a decrease in the number of seeds and a change in the consistency of the pericarp, whereas the single drupe (cherry) apparently evolved in the same way from the pentafolli-cle. Caryopses (Gramineae), which are closely related to the fruits of certain palms, are often included among apocarpous fruits.

Syncarpous fruits probably arose from cyclical multiple fruits as a result of the concrescence of the carpels. The superior syncarpous capsule—a collective fruit—was formed from the superior ovary. As a result of change in the method of dehiscence, there arose the rhegma (spurge) and the sterigma (Geranium). The carcerulus (linden) arose as a result of underdevelopment of the nidi and all the ovules but one. Underdevelopment of all the ovules except two resulted in the formation of the samara (maple). The formation of a false septum in the nidi and of four monospermous outgrowths of the pericarp (eremi) led to the origin of the coenobium (Boraginaceae, Labiatae), and the evolution of a fleshy pericarp led to the formation of numerous syncarpous berries (grapes, lily of the valley, nightshade), syncarpous drupes (Rhamnus), and hesperidia (citrus fruits). From the inferior ovary there developed the inferior syncarpous capsule (Iridaceae), the pomegranate, the acorn (oak), the nut (filbert), the pome (apple), the inferior syncarpous berry (honeysuckle), the inferior syncarpous drupe (elder), the cremocarp (Umbelliferae), and the diachene (Rubiaceae).

Paracarpous fruits originated from syncarpous fruits or directly from apocarpous fruits (for example, the poppy head in the poppy). To these belong the superior paracarpous capsule (violet), the siliqua and silicle (Cruciferae), the paracarpous berry (Capparis), and the drupe (palms). The caryopsis of Gramineae is often also assigned to this group. Inferior paracarpous fruits include the inferior paracarpous capsule (Orchidaceae), the achene (Compositae), and the pepo (Cucurbitaceae). Lysicarpous fruits are descended from syncarpous ones. They include the lysicarpous capsule (Caryophyllaceae, Primulaceae), the pyxidium (Anagallis), and the drupe (Myrsinaceae).

The fruits of a plant protect and disseminate seeds. Before maturation, the pericarp protects the seeds from desiccation, mechanical injury, and consumption by animals. (During this period the seeds often accumulate poisonous, acidic, or astringent substances, which disappear when the fruit ripens.) The pericarp of indehiscent fruits protects mature seeds from being eaten or from sprouting prematurely. The distribution of fruits is effected by wind, water, animals, and man. Fruits distributed by wind (anemochory) have adaptations that facilitate flight: a pappus (Compositae), a feathery tail (Clematis, Dryas), winglike appendages (maple, elm), or a bract of the inflorescence (linden). In the pericarps of fruits distributed by water (hydrochory) air-bearing tissue and cavities develop, or external appendages that hold air form (sedge and many aquatic plants). Fruits equipped with such clinging appendages as hooks, bristles, or thorns (stickseed, carrot) adhere to animals and to human clothing. Fruits with fleshy appendages (melick, some sedges) are distributed by ants (myrmechory), and fruits that have a fleshy pericarp are distributed by birds (ornithochory) or other animals that eat fruit (zoochory). Man also participates in the distribution of fruits, both consciously and unconsciously. The fruits of weeds and some other plants are transported as contaminants in planting material and in organic fertilizers. Cultivating and transport equipment also disseminate fruits.

Many fruits contain large quantities of the most important nutritional substances (proteins, fats, carbohydrates, and vitamins). They constitute an essential part of the diet in fresh, canned, or processed form. Many are used as livestock feed or as a source of medicinal substances and dyes. The fruits of weeds contaminate soil, decrease the quality of commercial and forage grains, and may cause poisoning. The morphological characteristics of fruits enable identification of plant species. The science of fruits is carpology.

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N. N. KADEN

What does it mean when you dream about fruit?

Fruits are complex symbols, representing everything from transcendence, to the self, to abundance, to spiritual knowledge. (See entries on particular fruits for more information.) The dreaming mind often literalizes common verbal expressions in an effort to convey something to the conscious mind, so fruit dreams can also indicate anything along the lines of “first fruits,” “forbidden fruit,” “fruitcake,” and so on.

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[früt] (botany) A fully matured plant ovary with or without other floral or shoot parts united with it at maturity. (navigation) Radar-beacon-system video display of a synchronous beacon return which results when several interrogator stations are located within the same general area; each interrogator receives its own interrogated reply as well as many synchronous replies resulting from interrogation of the airborne transponders by other ground stations.

fruit

1. Botany the ripened ovary of a flowering plant, containing one or more seeds. It may be dry, as in the poppy, or fleshy, as in the peach 2. any fleshy part of a plant, other than the above structure, that supports the seeds and is edible, such as the strawberry 3. the specialized spore-producing structure of plants that do not bear seeds 4. any plant product useful to man, including grain, vegetables, etc.
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(dreams)Fruit represents abundance and prosperity. As a result of the seeds that they carry, they may also represent new beginnings. In biblical stories, mythology, and literature in general, fruits have enjoyed much symbolic meaning. They may represent sexual desires and the search for wealth and immortality. In order to understand the meaning of the fruit in your dreams, consider your current strivings and psychological space. Also, consider whether the fruit was ripe, rotting, or bitter. All of the details will help you to understand whether you have a lustful heart, are at a new frontier, or have missed opportunities for growth and pleasure.

FRUIT


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FRUIT➣False Replies Unsynchronized in Time (aviation secondary surveillance systems)

fruit


  • all
  • noun
  • verb

Synonyms for fruit

noun produce

Synonyms

  • produce
  • crop
  • yield
  • harvest

noun result

Synonyms

  • result
  • reward
  • outcome
  • end result
  • return
  • effect
  • benefit
  • profit
  • advantage
  • consequence

Synonyms for fruit

noun the produce harvested from the land

Synonyms

  • crop
  • fruitage
  • harvest
  • yield

noun something brought about by a cause

Synonyms

  • aftermath
  • consequence
  • corollary
  • effect
  • end product
  • event
  • harvest
  • issue
  • outcome
  • precipitate
  • ramification
  • result
  • resultant
  • sequel
  • sequence
  • sequent
  • upshot

Synonyms for fruit

noun the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant

Related Words

  • edible fruit
  • juniper berry
  • reproductive structure
  • May apple
  • achene
  • gourd
  • prairie gourd
  • blue fig
  • quandong
  • acorn
  • olive
  • rose hip
  • rosehip
  • hip
  • wild cherry
  • marasca
  • hagberry
  • chokecherry
  • rowanberry
  • buffalo nut
  • elk nut
  • oil nut
  • capitulum
  • spike
  • ear
  • fruitlet
  • seed
  • berry
  • aggregate fruit
  • multiple fruit
  • syncarp
  • drupe
  • stone fruit
  • false fruit
  • pome
  • seedpod
  • pod
  • pyxidium
  • pyxis
  • accessory fruit
  • pseudocarp
  • buckthorn berry
  • yellow berry
  • cubeb
  • schizocarp

noun an amount of a product

Synonyms

  • yield

Related Words

  • product
  • production

noun the consequence of some effort or action

Related Words

  • aftermath
  • consequence

verb bear fruit

Related Words

  • bear
  • turn out
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