Word Meaning

Meaning of fruits

- 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.
- The pulpy, edible seed vessels of certain plants, especially those grown on branches above ground, as apples, oranges, grapes, melons, berries, etc. See 3.
- The ripened ovary of a flowering plant, with its contents and whatever parts are consolidated with it.
- The spore cases or conceptacles of flowerless plants, as of ferns, mosses, algae, etc., with the spores contained in them.
- The produce of animals; offspring; young; as, the fruit of the womb, of the loins, of the body.
- 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.
- To bear fruit.

Crossword clue for fruits

- Apple, say
- Are you fit to be mixing pineapples and melons?
- Banana, e.g
- Cocktail ingredient
- Orchard yield
- Apples, bananas, etc.