Look up: fruit

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   fruit
   In flowering plants, the structure which encloses the seeds. True fruits develop from the ovary wall, such as bananas and tomatoes, though not all fruits are edible, such as the dry pods of milkweed or the winged fruits of the maple.
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   Fruit
   Fruit is a botanical term for the mature ovary of a plant comprised of two parts, the pericarp and the seed.
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   Fruit
   The developed ripened ovary of a seed plant, e.g. pea pod, nut, tomato. The ripened ovary with adnate parts.
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   fruit
   [n] - the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant 2. [n] - the consequence of some effort or action 3. [v] - cause to bear fruit 4. [v] - bear fruit, as of trees and plants
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   Fruit
   Something used to carry the seeds of flowering plants. Can be fleshy or dry.
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   Fruit
   The ripened ovary of a flower, containing seeds.
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   Fruit
   The fertilised and ripened ovary, with any attached structures.
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   Fruit
   The main component of the wine, usually grape but other fruits are also used to make wine, such as pear, plum, etc. Often mentioned when the fruit isn't grown in the same site as the winery, such as 'the wine is produced here on-site, but the fruit is purchased from a vineyard upstate.'
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   fruit
   a bud which contains rudimentary bunches ( clusters ) as well as a shoot with leaves Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • a cane retained at pruning for the production of fruit and shoots ; usually between eight and fifteen buds in length but actual length varies with system of pruning Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing ...
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    Fruit
    Fruit noun [ Middle English fruit , frut , French fruit , from Latin fructus enjoyment, product, fruit, from frui , past participle fructus , to enjoy; akin to English brook , transitive verb See Brook , transitive verb , and confer Fructify , Frugal .] 1. Whatever is ...
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    Fruit
    Fruit intransitive verb To bear fruit. Chesterfield.
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    fruit
    <plant biology> The seed-bearing structure in angiosperms formed from the ovary after flowering. ... (13 Nov 1997) ...
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    fruit
    noun the consequence of some effort or action; `he lived long enough to see the fruit of his policies`
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    fruit
    verb bear fruit; `the trees fruited early this year`
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    Fruit
    The term `fruit` has many different meanings depending on context. In botany, a fruit is the ripened ovary—together with seeds—of a flowering plant. In many species, the fruit incorporates the ripened ovary and surrounding tissues. Fruits are the means by which flowering plants disseminate seeds. No single terminology really fits the enormous variety that is found among plant fruits. With most fruits pollination is a vital part of fr...
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    fruit
    (frldbomact) the matured ovary of a plant, including the seed and its envelopes.
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    Fruit
    • (v. t.) The pulpy, edible seed vessels of certain plants, especially those grown on branches above ground, as apples, oranges, grapes, melons, berries, etc. See 3. • (v. t.) The produce of animals; offspring; young; as, the fruit of the womb, of the loins, of the body. • (v. t.) The spore cases or conceptacles of flowerless plants,...
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    fruit
    (from the article `Asia`) The continent produces a variety of tropical and subtropical fruit, mainly for domestic consumption. Transport facilities, where available, can be ... ...and chive; an immature flower, such as cauliflower, broccoli, and artichoke; a seed, such as pea and lima bean; the immature fruit, such as ... Vegetables ...
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    fruit
    in its strict botanical sense, the fleshy or dry ripened ovary of a plant, enclosing the seed or seeds. Thus, apricots, bananas, and grapes, as well ... [18 related articles]
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    fruit
    fruit 1. The ripened ovary or ovaries of a seed-bearing plant, together with accessory parts, containing the seeds and occurring in a wide variety of forms. 2. An edible, usually sweet and fleshy form of a plant structure. 3. A part or an amount of a plant product, served as food. 4. The fertile, often spore-bearing structure of a plant that does not ...
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    fruit
    
    1. the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant
    2. the consequence of some effort or action
    3. an amount of a product
    
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    fruit
    The structure that develops from the ovary and accessory parts of a flower after after fertilization. True fruits are formed from the carpels, while in false fruits other parts of the flower are involved, for example in the apple the fleshy pulp is derived from the receptacle. Fruits may simple (d...
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    fruit
    fruit, matured ovary of the pistil of a flower, containing the seed. After the egg nucleus, or ovum, has been fertilized (see fertilization) and the embryo plantlet begins to form, the surrounding ovule (see pistil) develops into a seed and the ovary wall (pericarp) around the ovule becomes the frui...
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