fruit
noun, plural fruits, (especially collectively) fruit.
verb (used with or without object)
Origin of fruit
Related Words for fruits
product, nut, crop, produce, grain, berry, harvest, yield, pome, drupe, reward, return, advantage, profit, pay, effect, benefit, result, consequence, outcomeExamples from the Web for fruits
Contemporary Examples of fruits
I try to eat less processed food, like whole grains, fruits and vegetables, nothing over-processed.
Yet Lohse is confident that the reader will take his actions as the fruits of selfless moral courage.
Try drinking your fruits and veggies with these healthy (and tasty) green smoothie recipes.
Fruits were shown to be the most popular flavor, followed close behind by dessert and alcohol.
The anti-oxidant can also be found in other fruits and vegetables including watermelons, apricots and pink grapefruits.
Historical Examples of fruits
Dredge the fruits and nuts with flour and fold them into the mixture.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 4Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
In this respect, it is like the cellulose of fruits and vegetables.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
Fruits and vegetables should have retained their natural color.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
This is done when fruits and vegetables are canned for keeping.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 1Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
We shall find flowers as large as trees, fruits sweeter than honey.
The DreamEmile Zola
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Usage: To most of us, a fruit is a plant part that is eaten as a dessert or snack because it is sweet, but to a botanist a fruit is a mature ovary of a plant, and as such it may or may not taste sweet. All species of flowering plants produce fruits that contain seeds. A peach, for example, contains a pit that can grow into a new peach tree, while the seeds known as peas can grow into another pea vine. To a botanist, apples, peaches, peppers, tomatoes, pea pods, cucumbers, and winged maple seeds are all fruits. A vegetable is simply part of a plant that is grown primarily for food. Thus, the leaf of spinach, the root of a carrot, the flower of broccoli, and the stalk of celery are all vegetables. In everyday, nonscientific speech we make the distinction between sweet plant parts (fruits) and nonsweet plant parts (vegetables). This is why we speak of peppers and cucumbers and squash-all fruits in the eyes of a botanist-as vegetables.