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Definition of to fruit in English English dictionary: The seed-bearing part of a plant, often edible, colourful/colorful and fragrant, produced from a floral ovary after fertilization
While cucumber is technically a fruit, one would not usually use it to make jam.; To produce fruit; A homosexual or effeminate man; A positive end result or reward of labour or effort
His long nights in the office eventually bore fruit, when his business boomed and he was given a raise.; {n} the produce of trees profit, effect; The seed-bearing part of a tree; A natural sweet not to be confused with dessert; The pulpy, edible seed vessels of certain plants, especially those grown on branches above ground, as apples, oranges, grapes, melons, berries, etc; the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant bear fruit; "the trees fruited early this year"; The ripe seed, berry, or grain; The mature ovary of a plant that serves to both protect and enourage the dispersal of seeds; The seed-bearing part of a plant; The fruits or the fruit of someone's work or activity are the good things that result from it. The team have really worked hard and Mansell is enjoying the fruits of that labour The findings are the fruit of more than three years research. see also dried fruit, forbidden fruit, kiwi fruit, passion fruit; The edible part of the reproductive bodies of a seed plant; the consequence of some effort or action; "he lived long enough to see the fruit of his policies" the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant bear fruit; "the trees fruited early this year" cause to bear fruit; The mature, ripened ovary containing the seeds of an angiosperm; commonly used in the plural; The reproductive structure that includes the inner seeds Mature fruits can be moist (such as the fleshy fruit of Pawpaw), mealy (such as the nuts of the Hickories), or dry (such as the wafers of the Elms); The produce of animals; offspring; young; as, the fruit of the womb, of the loins, of the body; If a plant fruits, it produces fruit. The scientists will study the variety of trees and observe which are fruiting; - the part of a plant that holds the seeds; Offspring from a sexual union; If the effort that you put into something or a particular way of doing something bears fruit, it is successful and produces good results. He was naturally disappointed when the talks failed to bear fruit; The ripened ovary of a flowering plant, with its contents and whatever parts are consolidated with it; The first fruits or the first fruit of a project or activity are its earliest results or profits. This project is one of the first fruits of commercial co-operation between the two countries. if a tree or a plant fruits, it produces fruit. In its strict botanical sense, the fleshy or dry ripened ovary (enlarged portion of the pistil) of a flowering plant, enclosing the seed or seeds. Apricots, bananas, and grapes, as well as bean pods, corn grains, tomatoes, cucumbers, and (in their shells) acorns and almonds, are all technically fruits. Popularly, the term is restricted to the ripened ovaries that are sweet and either succulent or pulpy. The principal botanical purpose of the fruit is to protect and spread the seed. There are two broad categories of fruit: fleshy and dry. Fleshy fruits include berries, such as tomatoes, oranges, and cherries, which consist entirely of succulent tissue; aggregate fruits, including blackberries and strawberries, which form from a single flower with many pistils, each of which develops into fruitlets; and multiple fruits, such as pineapples and mulberries, which develop from the mature ovaries of an entire inflorescence. Dry fruits include the legumes, cereal grains, capsules, and nuts. Fruits are important sources of dietary fiber and vitamins (especially vitamin C). They can be eaten fresh; processed into juices, jams, and jellies; or preserved by dehydration, canning, fermentation, and pickling. fruit sugar fruit bat fruit fly kiwi fruit Mediterranean fruit fly United Fruit Co; part of a plant containing seeds; the consequence of some effort or action; "he lived long enough to see the fruit of his policies"; ripened ovary of a seed-bearing plant, containing the seeds and occurring in a wide variety of forms; False Replies Uncorrelated in Time; To bear fruit; Unwanted SSR replies received by an interrogator, which have been triggered by other SSR interrogators; bear fruit; "the trees fruited early this year"; That which is produced; the effect or consequence of any action; advantageous or desirable product or result; disadvantageous or evil consequence or effect; as, the fruits of labor, of self-denial, of intemperance; {f} produce fruit; produce results; {i} edible growth of plants; result, product; Any sweet, edible part of a plant that resembles seed-bearing fruit, 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 rhubarb, that resemble a true fruit or are used in cookery as if they were a fruit; Whatever is produced for the nourishment or enjoyment of man or animals by the processes of vegetable growth, as corn, grass, cotton, flax, etc; cause to bear fruit; Fruit or a fruit is something which grows on a tree or bush and which contains seeds or a stone covered by a substance that you can eat. Fresh fruit and vegetables provide fibre and vitamins. bananas and other tropical fruits Try to eat at least one piece of fruit a day; In flowering plants, the structure which encloses the seeds True fruits develop from the ovary wall, such as bananas and tomatoes, though not all fruits are edible, such as the dry pods of milkweed or the winged fruits of the maple; the soft part of the plant that protects the seed; the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant; an amount of a product; with the spores contained in them; n buah; A fruit is a ripened ovary of a plant along with any attached parts that developed with it from the flower; the seed containing part of a plant; Specifically refers to the structure which develops from a fertilized ovary; but, more commonly refers to ripened ovary and seeds plus additional structures such as flesh derived from the floral receptacle; Ripened ovary; The spore cases or conceptacles of flowerless plants, as of ferns, mosses, algae, etc; the part of the plant that contains seeds; Technically, fruit is the ripened ovary of the flower This means that zucchini, tomatoes, beans, and peppers are all fruit Generally, however, gardeners refer to only sweet fruits as "fruit," meaning fruit from trees (like cherries and pears), fruit from brambles ( raspberries), and of course the strawberry --a perennial plant; The part of the plant that carries the seed; the term generally includes the fleshy fruits and berries, pod like seed pouches and nuts Top G; Strictly the ripened ovary of a seed plant and its contents Loosely, the whole structure containing ripe seeds, which may include more than the ovary; of achene, berry, capsule, drupe, follicle, nut, samara; The ripened ovary containing seeds, such as a berry or pod