| n. | 1. | 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. |
| 2. | (Hort.) The pulpy, edible seed vessels of certain plants, especially those grown on branches above ground, as apples, oranges, grapes, melons, berries, etc. See 3. |
| 3. | (Bot.) The ripened ovary of a flowering plant, with its contents and whatever parts are consolidated with it. |
| 4. | (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. |
| 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. |
| v. i. | 1. | To bear fruit. |
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