fruit
A product of fertilization in a plant, specifically
Noun 4 meanings
A product of fertilization in a plant, specifically
A product of fertilization in a plant, specifically:
Any sweet or sour, edible part of a plant that resembles seed-bearing fruit (see former sense) even if it does not develop from a floral ovary.
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 meaning
To produce fruit, seeds, or spores.
Etymology
From Middle English fruyt, frut (“fruits and vegetables”), from Old French fruit (“produce, fruits and vegetables”), from Latin fruitus (“enjoyment, proceeds, profits, produce, income”), frūctus and frūx (“crop, produce, fruit”) (compare Latin fruor (“have the benefit of, to use, to enjoy”)).
FRUIT at a glance
FRUIT has 5 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (F 4 + R 1 + U 1 + I 1 + T 1) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,568 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with fruit
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- BRUIT7
- FRUST8
- FREIT8
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