Fruit

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1. Verb

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.

2. Verb

The pulpy, edible seed vessels of certain plants, especially those grown on branches above ground, as apples, oranges, grapes, melons, berries, etc. See 3.

3. Verb

The ripened ovary of a flowering plant, with its contents and whatever parts are consolidated with it.

4. Verb

The spore cases or conceptacles of flowerless plants, as of ferns, mosses, algae, etc., with the spores contained in them.

5. Verb

The produce of animals; offspring; young; as, the fruit of the womb, of the loins, of the body.

6. Verb

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.

7. Verb

To bear fruit.

8. Noun

the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant
Vocabulary classified under Biology

9. Noun

an amount of a product
Vocabulary classified under Economics
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