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fruit
CEFRA1
/fɹuːt/
noun
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In plain English
- 01
noun
The sweet part of a plant that contains seeds.
- 02
noun
Extra detailA product of fertilization in a plant, specifically
Examples
Fruit is a convenient source of vitamins and energy.
Do you want fruit juice?
At a glance
Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 5
Also pronounced
- /fɹut/
- /fɹʉwt/
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningsThe seed-bearing part of a plant; often edible, colourful, fragrant, and sweet or sour; produced from a floral ovary after fertilization.
The spores of cryptogams and their accessory organs.
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.
More examples
In contextYour efforts will bear fruit someday.
He spent his retirement enjoying the fruits of his labour.
His long nights in the office eventually bore fruit when his business boomed and he was given a raise.
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Origin
noun
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”)). Cognate with English brook (“to bear, tolerate”) and German brauchen (“to need”). Partially displaced native Old English wæstm, ofett and æppel (whence modern ovest and apple). Compare Dutch vrucht, German Frucht, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish frukt, Danish frugt. In the derogatory senses of “crazy person” and “homosexual or effeminate man”, possibly a shortening of fruitcake, or of...