Definition of fruit

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Fruit (v. t.) Whatever is produced for the nourishment or enjoyment of man or animals by the processes of vegetable growth, as corn, grass, cotton, flax, etc.; -- commonly used in the plural..

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Genipap :: Genipap (n.) The edible fruit of a West Indian tree (Genipa Americana) of the order Rubiaceae. It is oval in shape, as a large as a small orange, of a pale greenish color, and with dark purple juice..
Pedicel :: Pedicel (n.) A stalk which supports one flower or fruit, whether solitary or one of many ultimate divisions of a common peduncle. See Peduncle, and Illust. of Flower..
Fruit''y :: Fruit'y (a.) Having the odor, taste, or appearance of fruit; also, fruitful..
Teem :: Teem (v. i.) To bring forth young, as an animal; to produce fruit, as a plant; to bear; to be pregnant; to conceive; to multiply..
Kalong :: Kalong (n.) A fruit bat, esp. the Indian edible fruit bat (Pteropus edulis)..
Fruiting :: Fruiting (a.) Pertaining to, or producing, fruit..
Hypocist :: Hypocist (n.) An astringent inspissated juice obtained from the fruit of a plant (Cytinus hypocistis), growing from the roots of the Cistus, a small European shrub..
Jugum :: Jugum (n.) One of the ridges commonly found on the fruit of umbelliferous plants.
Pod :: Pod (n.) A capsule of plant, especially a legume; a dry dehiscent fruit. See Illust. of Angiospermous..
Bergamot :: Bergamot (n.) A tree of the Orange family (Citrus bergamia), having a roundish or pear-shaped fruit, from the rind of which an essential oil of delicious odor is extracted, much prized as a perfume. Also, the fruit..
Lirella :: Lirella (n.) A linear apothecium furrowed along the middle; the fruit of certain lichens.
Regmacarp :: Regmacarp (n.) Any dry dehiscent fruit.
Overbear :: Overbear (v. i.) To bear fruit or offspring to excess; to be too prolific.
Podocarp :: Podocarp (n.) A stem, or footstalk, supporting the fruit..
Hop :: Hop (n.) The catkin or strobilaceous fruit of the hop, much used in brewing to give a bitter taste..
Strawboard :: Strawberry (n.) A fragrant edible berry, of a delicious taste and commonly of a red color, the fruit of a plant of the genus Fragaria, of which there are many varieties. Also, the plant bearing the fruit. The common American strawberry is Fragaria virginiana; the European, F. vesca. There are also other less common species..
Sister :: Sister (n.) One of the same kind, or of the same condition; -- generally used adjectively; as, sister fruits..
Xanthocarpous :: Xanthocarpous (a.) Having yellow fruit.
Aecidium :: Aecidium (n.) A form of fruit in the cycle of development of the Rusts or Brands, an order of fungi, formerly considered independent plants..
Chokeberry :: Chokeberry (n.) The small apple-shaped or pear-shaped fruit of an American shrub (Pyrus arbutifolia) growing in damp thickets; also, the shrub..
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