FRUIT
\fɹˈuːt], \fɹˈuːt], \f_ɹ_ˈuː_t]\
Definitions of FRUIT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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an amount of a product
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the consequence of some effort or action; "he lived long enough to see the fruit of his policies"
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the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant
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bear fruit; "the trees fruited early this year"
By Princeton University
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an amount of a product
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the consequence of some effort or action; "he lived long enough to see the fruit of his policies"
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the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant
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bear fruit, as of trees and plants
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To bear fruit.
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The pulpy, edible seed vessels of certain plants, especially those grown on branches above ground, as apples, oranges, grapes, melons, berries, etc. See 3.
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The ripened ovary of a flowering plant, with its contents and whatever parts are consolidated with it.
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The spore cases or conceptacles of flowerless plants, as of ferns, mosses, algae, etc., with the spores contained in them.
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Whatever is produced for the nourishment or enjoyment of man or animals by the processes of vegetable growth, as corn, grass, cotton, flax, etc.; - commonly used in the plural.
By Oddity Software
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To bear fruit.
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The pulpy, edible seed vessels of certain plants, especially those grown on branches above ground, as apples, oranges, grapes, melons, berries, etc. See 3.
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The ripened ovary of a flowering plant, with its contents and whatever parts are consolidated with it.
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The spore cases or conceptacles of flowerless plants, as of ferns, mosses, algae, etc., with the spores contained in them.
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Whatever is produced for the nourishment or enjoyment of man or animals by the processes of vegetable growth, as corn, grass, cotton, flax, etc.; - commonly used in the plural.
By Noah Webster.
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To bear fruit.
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The product of a tree or plant containing the seed; product; result or profit; offspring.
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To produce fruit.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To bear fruit.
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The produce of the earth, which supplies the wants of men and animals: the part of a plant which contains the seed: the offspring of animals: product, consequence, effect, advantage.
By Daniel Lyons
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To produce as fruit; bear fruit.
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The matured seed vessel of a flowering plant; edible product of a plant.
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Off spring; product; result.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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In botany, the seed with its enclosing pericarp. In a medical sense it may be defined to be :-that part of a plant which is taken as food. The effects of fruits on the body, in a medical as well as a dietetical point of view, are various. They may be distinguished into classes: for, whilst the Cerealia, for example, afford fruits, which are highly nutritious; the Summer Fruits (Fructus Horoe'i,) which include strawberries, cherries, currents, mulberries, raspberries, figs, grapes, &c, are refrigerant and grateful, but afford little nourishment.
By Robley Dunglison
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n. [Latin] The produce of the earth in general; the produce of a tree or plant;—the seed of a plant, or the part which contains the seed; especially the part which is eaten for food;—product; that which is brought forth;—offspring of the womb; young of any animal;—effect or consequence of any action;—advantage; profit; good derived;—dessert after meat.
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The product of a tree or plant in which the seeds are contained; that part of a plant which is taken for food; production; the offspring of the womb; advantage gained by any enterprise or conduct; the effect or consequence of any action.
By Thomas Sheridan
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