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fruit
- Main Entry:
- 1fruit
- Pronunciation:
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\ˈfrüt\
- Function:
- noun
- Usage:
- often attributive
- Etymology:
- Middle English, from Anglo-French frut, fruit, from Latin fructus fruit, use, from frui to enjoy, have the use of — more at brook
- Date:
- 12th century
1 a: a product of plant growth (as grain, vegetables, or cotton) <the fruits of the field> b (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 succulent plant part (as the petioles of a rhubarb plant) used chiefly in a dessert or sweet course c: a dish, quantity, or diet of fruits <live on fruit> d: a product of fertilization in a plant with its modified envelopes or appendages; specifically : the ripened ovary of a seed plant and its contents e: the flavor or aroma of fresh fruit in mature wine2: offspring, progeny3 a: the state of bearing fruit <a tree in fruit> b: the effect or consequence of an action or operation : product, result <the fruits of our labor>4usually disparaging : a male homosexual
— fruit·ed \ˈfrü-təd\ adjective
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