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  • 1fruit — late 12c., from O.Fr. fruit fruit, fruit eaten as dessert; harvest; virtuous action (12c.), from L. fructus an enjoyment, delight, satisfaction; proceeds, produce, fruit, crops, from frug , stem of frui to use, enjoy, from PIE *bhrug agricultural …

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  • 2fruit — ► NOUN 1) the sweet and fleshy product of a tree or other plant that contains seed and can be eaten as food. 2) Botany the seed bearing structure of a plant, e.g. an acorn. 3) the result or reward of work or activity. 4) informal, derogatory,… …

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  • 3Produce — Pro*duce , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Produced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Producing}.] [L. producere, productum, to bring forward, beget, produce; pro forward, forth + ducere to lead. See {Duke}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To bring forward; to lead forth; to offer to… …

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  • 4Fruit — For other uses, see Fruit (disambiguation). Several culinary fruits …

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  • 5fruit — noun 1》 the sweet and fleshy product of a tree or other plant that contains seed and can be eaten as food.     ↘Botany the seed bearing structure of a plant, e.g. an acorn.     ↘archaic or literary natural produce that can be used for food: the… …

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  • 6Fruit tree — A fruit tree is a tree bearing fruit mdash; the structures formed by the ripened ovary of a flower containing one or more seeds. However, because all trees of flowering plants produce fruit (essentially all trees except tree ferns and… …

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  • 7produce — pro|duce1 W1S1 [prəˈdju:s US ˈdu:s] v [T] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(cause)¦ 2¦(create/make)¦ 3¦(make naturally)¦ 4¦(show)¦ 5¦(play/film)¦ 6¦(baby)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: producere, from ducere to lead ] …

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  • 8fruit — 1. noun /fɹuːt/ a) The seed bearing part of a plant, often edible, colourful/colorful and fragrant, produced from a floral ovary after fertilization. While cucumber is technically a fruit, one would not usually use it to make jam. b) Any sweet,… …

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  • 9fruit — fruːt n. edible growth of plants; result, product v. produce fruit; produce results …

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  • 10Fruit tree propagation — is usually carried out through asexual reproduction by grafting or budding the desired variety onto a suitable rootstock. Perennial plants can be propagated either by sexual or vegetative means. Sexual reproduction occurs when male pollen from… …

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