fruit
Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/fɹuːt/]
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Senses
1. fruit (noun) — sense 1
Definition: A product of fertilization in a plant, specifically
Example: [A]fter the flower is past commeth the fruit in long pods, every seede bunching out like the pods of Orobus and as bigge almost as the smaller Pease.
2. fruit (noun) — sense 2
Definition: A product of fertilization in a plant, specifically:: The seed-bearing part of a plant; often edible, colourful, fragrant, and sweet or sour; produced from a floral ovary after fertilization.
3. fruit (noun) — sense 3
Definition: A product of fertilization in a plant, specifically:: The spores of cryptogams and their accessory organs.
4. fruit (verb) — sense 4
Definition: To produce fruit, seeds, or spores.
Example: It may be said, however, that the percentage of green apples among the Fameuse seedlings is much less than among the others as out of 33 Fameuse seedlings which had fruited up to this year, none was green and we recollect but one light coloured Fameuse seedling fruiting this year.
Structure of the word
Roots:- bʰrewhg (Proto-Indo-European)
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