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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