first fruits

  1. the earliest produce of the season
  2. the first products, results, or profits of any activity

Origin: orig. transl. of Vulg. primitiae: see Ex. 23:16

See first fruits in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also first·fruits

plural noun
  1. The first gathered fruits of a harvest, offered to God in gratitude.
  2. The first results of an undertaking.
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