fruit

A fruit is the mature ovary of a flowering plant that is edible and usually eaten raw. (noun)

Fruit is the positive result of something done. (noun)

An example of fruit is a newborn baby.

See fruit in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun pl. fruit or fruits

any plant product, as grain, flax, vegetables, etc.: usually used in pl.
the edible plant structure of a mature ovary of a flowering plant, usually eaten raw: many fruits which are not sweet, as tomatoes, beans, green peppers, etc., are popularly called vegetables
the quality of being fruity (sense ); fruitiness: said of wine
the result, product, or consequence of any action: fruit of hard work
☆ Slang a male homosexual: term of contempt or derision
Archaic the young of animals or man
Bot. the mature ovary of a flowering plant, together with its contents, and any closely connected parts, as the whole peach, pea pod, cucumber, etc.

intransitive verb, transitive verb

to bear or cause to bear fruit

See fruit in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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noun pl. fruit fruit or fruits

a. The ripened ovary or ovaries of a seed-bearing plant, together with accessory parts, containing the seeds and occurring in a wide variety of forms.
b. An edible, usually sweet and fleshy form of such a structure.
c. A part or an amount of such a plant product, served as food: fruit for dessert.
The fertile, often spore-bearing structure of a plant that does not bear seeds.
A plant crop or product: the fruits of the earth.
Result; outcome: the fruit of their labor.
Offspring; progeny.
A fruity aroma or flavor in a wine.
Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a homosexual man.