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fruit 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.]Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | fruiting - capable of bearing fruitmature - having reached full natural growth or development; "a mature cell" |
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