fruits

noun

1. 1.

   plural of fruit

   In general, a product of plant growth useful to man or animals.

2. 2.

   plural of fruit

   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. 3.

   plural of fruit

   A product of fertilization in a plant, specifically

4. 4.

   plural of fruit

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

verb

1. 1.

   third-person singular of fruit

   To produce fruit, seeds, or spores.

Inflected forms

Grammatical variations of the same word.

• fruitnounBase word

  The ripened reproductive body of a seed plant.

Word family

Words built from the same root.

• fruitfuladjectiveDerived adjective

  Productive or conducive to producing in abundance.

Related words

Connected by subject or meaning, not by word formation.

• fruit flynounRelated term

  Any of numerous small insects whose larvae feed on fruits.

• fruit machinenounRelated term

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

• fruit saladnounRelated term

  Salad composed of fruits.

• fruit sugarnounRelated term

  A simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits.

• fruit cocktailnounRelated term

  A mixture of sliced or diced fruits.

• fruit barnounRelated term

  Cookies containing chopped fruits either mixed in the dough or spread between layers of dough then baked and cut in bars.