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Fruits
/fɹuːts/
(often in the plural) In general, a product of plant growth useful to man or animals.
📖 Definitions of "Fruits"
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(often in the plural) In general, a product of plant growth useful to man or animals.
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Specifically, a sweet, edible part of a plant that resembles seed-bearing fruit (see next sense), even if it does not develop from a floral ovary; also used in a technically imprecise sense for some sweet or sweetish vegetables, such as the petioles of rhubarb, that resemble a true fruit or are used in cookery as if they were a fruit.
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A product of fertilization in a plant, specifically:
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An end result, effect, or consequence; advantageous or disadvantageous result.
"His long nights in the office eventually bore fruit when his business boomed and he was given a raise."
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To produce fruit, seeds, or spores.
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