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fruit

noun · verb

Simple meaning

The ripened reproductive body of a seed plant.

Pronunciation

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IPA pronunciation (US)

ˈfɹut

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Word Review

Definition

Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.

noun

  1. The ripened reproductive body of a seed plant

  2. The seed-bearing part of a plant; often edible, colourful, fragrant, and sweet or sour; produced from a floral ovary after fertilization.

  3. botany

    A product of fertilization in a plant, specifically

  4. botany

    An amount of a product

  5. A sweet or sweetish vegetable, such as the petioles of rhubarb, that resembles a true fruit or is used in cookery as if it was a fruit.

  6. attributive

    Of, belonging to, related to, or having fruit or its characteristics; (of living things) producing or consuming fruit.

verb

  1. Bear fruit

    “The trees fruited early this year.”

  2. To produce fruit, seeds, or spores.

Word at a Glance

Difficulty
B1 · Intermediate
Frequency
Common
Typical Use
Varies by meaning

Word Aura™

How this word commonly comes across.

Aura for this meaning

This meaning: The ripened reproductive body of a seed plant

Used this way, fruit is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It turns up most in technical or specialist writing contexts.

Emotional tone
Neutral
Formality
Neutral
Intensity
Not strongly marked
How common
Moderately common
Connotation
Matter-of-fact
Usage feel
Neutral and straightforward

Where it naturally appears

  • Technical/specialist writing

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  • “The trees fruited early this year.”verb

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Common Patterns and Combinations

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Ripened / seed

bear fruitfruit juiceripe fruit

Belonging

citrus fruit

Other combinations

fruit flyfruit treefresh fruitunited fruit

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Word Family

Related forms, grouped by how they connect.

Word family

Words built from the same root.

  • fruitfuladjectiveDerived adjective

    Productive or conducive to producing in abundance.

Compound terms

Established multiword terms.

  • fruit flynounCompound term

    Any of numerous small insects whose larvae feed on fruits.

  • fruit growernounCompound term

    Someone who grows fruit commercially.

  • fruit juicenounCompound term

    Drink produced by squeezing or crushing fruit.

  • fruit machinenounCompound term

    A coin-operated gambling machine that produces random combinations of symbols (usually pictures of different fruits) on rotating dials.

  • fruit of the poisonous treenounCompound term

    A rule that once primary evidence is determined to have been illegally obtained any secondary evidence following from it may also not be used.

  • fruit punchnounCompound term

    A punch made of fruit juices mixed with water or soda water (with or without alcohol).

Related words

Connected by subject or meaning, not by word formation.

  • fruitionnounRelated term

    The condition of bearing fruit.

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