fruit
A product of fertilization in a plant, specifically
Other meanings
The seed-bearing part of a plant; often edible, colourful, fragrant, and sweet or sour; produced from a floral ovary after fertilization.
The spores of cryptogams and their accessory organs.
A kind of
- reproductive structure
Kinds of fruit
- juniper berry
- blue fig
- olive
- hip
- wild cherry
- buffalo nut
- ear
- seed
Related words
- strange fruit
- afterfruit
- bear fruit
- befruit
- forefruit
- fruitage
- fruitarian
- fruitcake
- fruit cocktail
- fruiten
- fruiter
- fruiterer
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "fruitus" (enjoyment, proceeds, profits, produce, income).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “fruit” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.