The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fruit \Fruit\, n. [OE. fruit, frut, F. fruit, from L. fructus enjoyment, product, fruit, from frui, p. p. fructus, to enjoy; akin to E. brook, v. t. See Brook, v. t., and cf. Fructify, Frugal.]
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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.
Six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof.
--Ex. xxiii. 10. (Hort.) The pulpy, edible seed vessels of certain plants, especially those grown on branches above ground, as apples, oranges, grapes, melons, berries, etc. See
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3. (Bot.) The ripened ovary of a flowering plant, with its contents and whatever parts are consolidated with it.
Note: Fruits are classified as fleshy, drupaceous, and dry. Fleshy fruits include berries, gourds, and melons, orangelike fruits and pomes; drupaceous fruits are stony within and fleshy without, as peaches, plums, and cherries; and dry fruits are further divided into achenes, follicles, legumes, capsules, nuts, and several other kinds.
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(Bot.) The spore cases or conceptacles of flowerless plants, as of ferns, mosses, algae, etc., with the spores contained in them.
6. The produce of animals; offspring; young; as, the fruit of the womb, of the loins, of the body.
King Edward's fruit, true heir to the English crown.
--Shak.6. That which is produced; the effect or consequence of any action; advantageous or desirable product or result; disadvantageous or evil consequence or effect; as, the fruits of labor, of self-denial, of intemperance.
The fruit of rashness.
--Shak.What I obtained was the fruit of no bargain.
--Burke.They shall eat the fruit of their doings.
--Is. iii 10.The fruits of this education became visible.
--Macaulay.Note: Fruit is frequently used adjectively, signifying of, for, or pertaining to a fruit or fruits; as, fruit bud; fruit frame; fruit jar; fruit knife; fruit loft; fruit show; fruit stall; fruit tree; etc.
Fruit bat (Zo["o]l.), one of the Frugivora; -- called also fruit-eating bat.
Fruit bud (Bot.), a bud that produces fruit; -- in most oplants the same as the power bud.
Fruit dot (Bot.), a collection of fruit cases, as in ferns. See Sorus.
Fruit fly (Zo["o]l.), a small dipterous insect of the genus Drosophila, which lives in fruit, in the larval state. There are seveal species, some of which are very damaging to fruit crops. One species, Drosophila melanogaster, has been intensively studied as a model species for genetic reserach.
Fruit jar, a jar for holding preserved fruit, usually made of glass or earthenware.
Fruit pigeon (Zo["o]l.), one of numerous species of pigeons of the family Carpophagid[ae], inhabiting India, Australia, and the Pacific Islands. They feed largely upon fruit. and are noted for their beautiful colors.
Fruit sugar (Chem.), a kind of sugar occurring, naturally formed, in many ripe fruits, and in honey; levulose. The name is also, though rarely, applied to invert sugar, or to the natural mixture or dextrose and levulose resembling it, and found in fruits and honey.
Fruit tree (Hort.), a tree cultivated for its edible fruit.
Fruit worm (Zo["o]l.), one of numerous species of insect larv[ae]: which live in the interior of fruit. They are mostly small species of Lepidoptera and Diptera.
Small fruits (Hort.), currants, raspberries, strawberries, etc.
Usage examples of "fruit jar".
It wouldn't have been any wonder--I wouldn't have blamed The Man much--if he'd given Fruit Jar that knife instead of me.
Buddy said, and he unscrewed the lid on the fruit jar and took a jolt.
Having a way of getting around was awfully handy out here, but I'd more than paid for any rides I'd got by changing tires and keeping the T-Ford running, and doing all the things that Fruit Jar was too drunk or lazy to do for himself.
If the phone service isn't restored by nightfall, though, I'll probably be begging you for a fruit jar.
I was in the kitchen shaking up a milkshake in a fruit jar and she came in and worked me over.
He took out a fruit jar full of iced tea and uncapped it, and set it in the weeds between their outstretched feet.
He picked up the fruit jar carefully and we walked downstairs, down the steep flights of steps to the cellar.
Ma rinsed and wiped a fruit jar and Tom screwed the lid down tight on it.
She unpinned the covering and slipped the fruit jar in under the thin cold hands and pinned the comforter tight again.
Dulces came and tipped the fruit jar to her mouth and whimpered at its emptiness.
Desire, look in the fridge, Honey, and bring me the blue fruit jar with the holy water in it.
Some kind of deal where he took a piss in a fruit jar and took it to the crossroads and the devil came and drank it, then the devil peed in a jar, and L.
I placed the fruit jar on the railing, hoping it would tumble and disappear.
The young man in front of me was drinking beer out of a fruit jar.
Each member of the repulsing party carried a long pole, on the end of which was lashed what might have passed for a glass fruit jar full of some chemical mixture.