fruit

/fɹuːt/

#3,316 of the most-used English words

noun

1. (often in the plural) In general, a product of plant growth useful to man or animals.
2. 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.
3. A product of fertilization in a plant, specifically:
4. 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."

verb

1. To produce fruit, seeds, or spores.