fruit

Main Entry:: ¹fruit
Pronunciation:: \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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