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Fruit

Definition: Fruit

Fruit

Noun

1. The ripened reproductive body of a seed plant.

2. The consequence of some effort or action; "he lived long enough to see the fruit of his policies".

3. An amount of a product.

Verb

1. Cause to bear fruit.

2. Bear fruit, as of trees and plants.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "fruit" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Fruit

DomainDefinition

Bible

Fruit a word as used in Scripture denoting produce in general, whether vegetable or animal. The Hebrews divided the fruits of the land into three classes:, (1.) The fruit of the field, "corn-fruit" (Heb. dagan); all kinds of grain and pulse. (2.) The fruit of the vine, "vintage-fruit" (Heb. tirosh); grapes, whether moist or dried. (3.) "Orchard-fruits" (Heb. yitshar), as dates, figs, citrons, etc. Injunctions concerning offerings and tithes were expressed by these Hebrew terms alone (Num. 18:12; Deut. 14:23). This word "fruit" is also used of children or offspring (Gen. 30:2; Deut. 7:13; Luke 1:42; Ps. 21:10; 132:11); also of the progeny of beasts (Deut. 28:51; Isa. 14:29). It is used metaphorically in a variety of forms (Ps. 104:13; Prov. 1:31; 11:30; 31:16; Isa. 3:10; 10:12; Matt. 3:8; 21:41; 26:29; Heb. 13:15; Rom. 7:4, 5; 15:28). The fruits of the Spirit (Gal. 5:22, 23; Eph. 5:9; James 3:17, 18) are those gracious dispositions and habits which the Spirit produces in those in whom he dwells and works. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.

Dream Interpretation

To dream of seeing fruit ripening among its foliage, usually foretells to the dreamer a prosperous future. Green fruit signifies disappointed efforts or hasty action.
For a young woman to dream of eating green fruit, indicates her degradation and loss of inheritance. Eating fruit is unfavorable usually.
To buy or sell fruit, denotes much business, but not very remunerative.
To see or eat ripe fruit, signifies uncertain fortune and pleasure. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....

Slang

A homosexual male. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Fruit

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

In botany, a fruit is the ripened ovary, together with its seeds, of a flowering plant. In cuisine, when discussing fruit as food, the term usually refers to just those plant fruits that are sweet and fleshy, examples of which would be plum, apple, and orange. However, a great many common vegetables, as well as nuts and grains, are the fruit of the plants they come from. Fruits that might not be considered such in a culinary context include gourds (e.g. squash and pumpkin), maize, tomatoes, and green peppers. These are fruits to a botanist, but are generally treated as vegetables in cooking. Some spices, such as allspice and nutmeg, are fruits. Rarely, culinary "fruits" are not fruits in the botanical sense, such as rhubarb in which only the sweet leaf petiole is edible.

The term false fruit is sometimes applied to a fruit, like the fig (a multiple-accessory fruit; see below) or to a plant structure that resembles a fruit but is not derived from a flower or flowers. Some gymnosperms, such as yew, have fleshy arilss that resemble fruits and some junipers have berry-like, fleshy cones.

With most fruits pollination is a vital part of fruit culture, and the lack of knowlege of pollinators and pollenizers can contribute to poor crops or poor quality crops. In a few species, the fruit may develop in the absence of pollination/fertilization, a process known as parthenocarpy. Such fruits are seedless.

Fruit development

After an ovule is fertilized in a process known as pollination, the ovary begins to expand. The petals of the flower fall off and the ovule develops into a seed. The ovary eventually comes to form, along with other parts of the flower in many cases, a structure surrounding the seed or seeds that is the fruit. Fruit development continues until the seeds have matured. With some multiseeded fruits the extent of development of the flesh of the fruit is proportional to the number of fertilized ovules.

The wall of the fruit, developed from the ovary wall of the flower, is called the pericarp. The pericarp is often differentiated into two or three distinct layers called the exocarp (outer layer), mesocarp (middle layer), and endocarp (inner layer). In some fruits, especially simple fruits derived from an inferior ovary, other parts of the flower (such as the floral tube, including the petals, sepals, and stamens), fuse with the ovary and ripen with it. When such other floral parts are a significant part of the fruit, it is called an accessory fruit. Since other parts of the flower may contribute to the structure of the fruit, it is important to study flower structure to understand how a particular fruit forms.

Fruits are so varied in form and development, that it is difficult to devise a classification scheme that includes all known fruits. It will also be seen that many common terms for seeds and fruit are incorrectly applied, a fact that complicates understanding of the terminology. Seeds are ripened ovules; fruits are the ripened ovularies or carpels that contain the seeds. To these two basic definitions can be added the clarification that in botanical terminology, a nut is a type of fruit and not another term for seed.

There are three basic types of fruits:

  1. Simple fruit
  2. Aggregate fruit
  3. Multiple fruit

Simple fruit

Simple fruits can be either dry or fleshy and result from the ripening of a simple or compound ovary with but one pistil. Dry fruits may be either dehiscent, opening to discharge seeds) or indehiscent (not opening to discharge seeds). Types of dry, simple fruits (with examples) are:

Fruits in which part or all of the pericarp (fruit wall) is fleshy at maturity are simple fleshy fruits. Types of fleshy, simple fruits (with examples) are:

Aggregate fruit

An aggregate fruit develops from a flower with numerous simple pistils. An example is the raspberry, whose simple fruits are termed druplets because each is like a small drupe attached to the receptacle. In the blackberry the receptacle is elongate and part of the ripe fruit, making the blackberry an aggregate-accessory fruit. The strawberry is also an aggregate-accessory fruit, only one in which the seeds are contained in achenes. In all these examples, the fruit develops from a single flower with numerous pistils.


In some plants, such as this noni, flowers are produced regularly
along the stem and it is possible to see together examples of flowering
fruit development, and fruit ripening

Multiple fruit

A multiple fruit is one formed from a cluster of flowers (called an inflorescence). Each flower produces a fruit, but these mature into a single mass. Examples are the pineapple, edible fig, mulberry, osage orange, and breadfruit.

In the photograph at right, stages of flowering and fruit development in the noni or Indian mulberry (Morinda citrifolia) can be observed on a single branch. First an inflorescence of white flowers called a head is produced. After fertilization, each flower develops into a drupe, and as the drupes expand, they connate (merge) into a multiple fleshy fruit called a syncarp.

Seed dissemination

Fruits are plant structures whose modifications appear largely to relate to dissemination (called dispersal) of the seeds they contain.

Some fruits have coats covered with spikes or hooked burrs, to prevent themselves from being eaten by animals and/or to stick to the hairs of animals, using them as dispersal agents.

Others fruits are elongated and flattened out naturally and become so thin like wings or helicopter. This is also an evolutionary mechanism to increase disperal distance.

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Orange (fruit)

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

See also Orange (disambiguation) for other meanings of the word.

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An orange is the fruit of an orange tree, one of the most common citrus fruits, widely grown in warmer climates, and distributed worldwide. Oranges are orange in color – the color is named for the fruit, not the other way around.

The orange has a sweet-sour taste and is commonly peeled and eaten fresh, or squeezed for its juice. It has a thick bitter rind that is usually discarded, but can be used in cooking. The outer-most layer of the rind is called orange zest, and it has a similar flavor to the inner part of the orange. The white part of the rind is almost always discarded.

All citrus trees are of a single genus, Citrus, and remain largely interbreedable – that is, there is only one "superspecies" which includes lemons and limes as well as oranges. Nevertheless names have been given to the various members of the citrus family, oranges often being referred to as Citrus sinensis and Citrus aurantium.

The fruit originated in India (some say Vietnam) and was called na rangi in Sanskrit. The na rangi or naranja was translated as "norange", and in English usage a norange was back-formed into the more acceptable an orange. The same thing happened in French and Italian, but in Spanish it is still naranja. The original fruit is rather bitter compared to modern varieties, as is referred to as the sour orange (or alternately, bitter, bigarade or Seville orange). The sour taste is in fact attributed to the slight acidity of the orange's juice. It is not entirely clear if the sour orange really is the original stock or not, and it may be the case that there is no original wild orange species.

A number of varieties of orange are now cultivated widely. The sweet orange (Citrus aurantium) was first grown in Spain, and has become the most popular variety. The sweet orange will grow to different sizes and colors due to local conditions, most commonly with ten carpels (slices) inside.

A single mutation in an orchard of sweet oranges planted at a monestary in 1820 in Brazil led to the navel orange (aka Washington, Riverside or Bahia navel). A single cutting of the original was then transplanted to Riverside, California in 1870, creating a new market worldwide. The mutation caused a diapaloid (twin) fruit, with a smaller orange embedded in the outer fruit near the stem. From the outside the smaller, undeveloped, twin leaves a human navel-like formation at the top of the fruit. Navel oranges are almost always seedless, and tend to be larger than the sweet orange. They are produced without pollination (parthenocarpy).

The Valencia or Murcia orange is one of the sweet oranges used for juice extraction. It is a late-season fruit. It is a popular variety of orange when the navel oranges are out of season.

The blood orange has streaks of red in the fruit, and when squeezed the juice is often reddish. The mandarin is similar, but smaller and sweeter, and the scarlet navel is a variety with the same diapaliod mutation as the normal naval orange.

Bitter oranges are used in marmalade and as an ingredient in of the liqueurs triple sec and curacao.

Orange cultivation is a major business, and an important part of the economies of (among others) the US states of Florida and California, many Mediterranean countries, Romania, South Africa, and the 'Riverina' district around the Murray River in Australia.

Orange juice is one of the commodities traded on the New York commodities market. Brazil is the largest producer of orange juice in the world, followed by Florida.

Orange oil (produced by pressing the peel) is used in surface conditioning of wood furniture, and (along with other citrus oils) in grease removal and as a hand-cleansing agent. Orange spray (extracted from orange peels and sold commercially) is an extremely efficient cleaning agent which is environmentally friendly and non-toxic.

Orange blossom is traditionally associated with good fortune, and it was popular in bridal bouquets and headwreaths for weddings for some time (period of history? more details?). The petals of orange blossom can also be made into a delicately citrus-scented version of rosewater.

Orange blossom honey (really citrus honey) is produced by putting beehives in the citrus groves during bloom, which also pollinates seeded citrus varieties. Orange blossom honey is highly prized, and has a distinct orangy flavor.

See also: Tangerine, Mandarin orange, Kumquat, Orangewater

External links


Food  |  List of fruits  |  List of vegetables

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Orange (fruit)."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Fruit

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

FRUIT

EnglishFresh Fruit life tracking systemComputing, European Union

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonym: Fruit

Synonym: yield (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Fruit

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Acquisition

Profit, earnings, winnings, innings, pickings, net profit; avails; income; (receipt); proceeds, produce, product; outcome, output; return, fruit, crop, harvest; second crop, aftermath; benefit; (good).

Effect

Noun: effect, consequence; aftergrowth, aftercome; derivative, derivation; result; resultant, resultance; upshot, issue, denouement; end; development, outgrowth, fruit, crop, harvest, product, bud.

Motive

Inducement, consideration; attraction; loadstone; magnet, magnetism, magnetic force; allectation, allective; temptation, enticement, agacerie, allurement, witchery; bewitchment, bewitchery; charm; spell; fascination, blandishment, cajolery; seduction, seducement; honeyed words, voice of the tempter, song of the Sirens forbidden fruit, golden apple.

Posterity

Phrase: "the child is father of the man"; "the fruit doesn't fall far from the tree", "like father, like son".

Production

Flower, bear fruit, fructify, teem, ean, yean, farrow, drop, pup, kitten, kindle; bear, lay, whelp, bring forth, give birth to, lie in, be brought to bed of, evolve, pullulate, usher into the world.

Edifice, building, structure, fabric, erection, pile, tower, flower, fruit.

Prohibition

Noun: prohibition, inhibition; veto, disallowance; interdict, interdiction; injunction, estoppel; embargo, ban, taboo, proscription; index expurgatorius; restriction; (restraint); hindrance; forbidden fruit; Maine law.

Prosperity

Flower, blow, blossom, bloom, fructify, bear fruit, fatten.

Similarity

Phrase: et sic de similibus; tel maitre tel valet; tel pere tel fils; like master, like servant; like father, like son; the fruit doesn't fall far from the tree; a chip off the old block

Success

Answer, answer the purpose; avail, prevail, take effect, do, turn out well, work well, take, tell, bear fruit; hit it, hit the mark, hit the right nail on the head; nick it; turn up trumps, make a hit; find one's account in.

The Past

Phrase: time was; the time has been, the time hath been; you can't go home again; fuimus Troes; fruit Ilium; hoc erat in more majorum; "O call back yesterday, bid time return"; tempi passati; "the eternal landscape of the past"; ultimus Romanorum; "what's past is prologue"; "whose yesterdays look backward with a smile".

Utility

Bear fruit; (produce); bring grist to the mill; profit, remunerate; benefit; (do good).

Vegetable

Flower, blossom, bine; flowering plant; timber tree, fruit tree; pulse, legume.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Fruit

English words defined with "fruit": accessory fruit, aggregate fruitbanana passion fruit, Brandy fruitcandied fruit, Collective fruit, crystallized fruitdried fruitfalse fruit, forbidden fruit, fruit bat, Fruit bud, fruit compote, fruit crush, fruit custard, Fruit dot, fruit drink, fruit fly, fruit grower, Fruit jar, fruit juice, Fruit pigeon, fruit punch, fruit tree, Fruit wormgenipap fruitkey fruit, kiwi fruitMediterranean fruit fly, multiple fruitpassion fruitsimple fruit, star fruit, stone fruittube-nosed fruit batWall fruit. (references)
Specialty definitions using "fruit": brown rot of fruit treesCOLORER, CITRUS FRUIT, concentrated fruit puréeFRUIT COORDINATOR, FRUIT CUTTER, FRUIT DISTRIBUTOR, FRUIT EDIBLE, COOKED, fruit inspector, fruit of the arbutus, fruit picker, fruit purée, Fruit Seller, fruit sorbetHARVEST WORKER, FRUIT, hawthorn fruitSUPERVISOR, FRUIT GRADINGthree-quarters full fruit. (references)
Etymologies containing "fruit": Xylocarpous. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Fruit" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Dutch (fruit), French (child, fruit, harvest, product).

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Modern Usage: Fruit

DomainUsage

Screenplays

I'm bursting with fruit flavor (Reality Bites; writing credit: Ben Stiller, written by Helen Childress.)

A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit. Neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit (The Night of the Hunter; writing credit: James Agee; Davis Grubb)

I thought men like you were usually called a fruit. (Clue; writing credit: Jonathan Lynn.)

Any fruit or vegetables (Men in Black II; writing credit: Lowell Cunningham; Robert Gordon)

Everybody in this family needs to just calm down and eat some fruit or something (Signs; writing credit: M. Night Shyamalan)

Lyrics

Drink my liquor from an old fruit jar ("Blue Suede Shoes"; performing artist: Carl Perkins)

Than fruit hanging ripe upon the vine (Androgyny; performing artist: Garbage)

To take the spiky fruit to crown myself the Queen of doom (Legend In My Living Room; performing artist: Len)

Forbidden fruit (What Would Happen; performing artist: Meredith Brooks)

Where the fruit is as sweet as can be (Sledgehammer; performing artist: Peter Gabriel)

Clever

Forbidden fruit creates many jams. (references; author: unknown)

Chocolate covered raisins, cherries, orange slices, and strawberries all count as fruit, so eat as many as you want. (references; author: unknown)

Tongue Twisters

A fat-free fruit float. (references; author: unknown)

Few free fruit flies fly from flames. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

Le Fruit défendu (1952)

Way Back When a Razzberry Was a Fruit (1940)

Colonel Heeza Liar's Forbidden Fruit (1923)

Passion Fruit (1921)

Forbidden Fruit (1921)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Fruit

DomainTitle

References

  • Fruit of the Loom Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Food Processing Equipment for Canned Fruit & Vegetables in Chile: A Strategic Entry Report, 1998 (reference)

  • The 2000 Import and Export Market for Oil Seeds and Oleaginous Fruit in Africa (reference)

  • Fruit and Vegetable Processing Equipment in Ecuador: A Strategic Entry Report, 1996 (reference)

  • The 2000 Import and Export Market for Fresh and Dried Fruit and Nuts Excluding Oil Nuts in Latin America (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Living Beyond Yourself: Exploring the Fruit of the Spirit (reference)

  • Oliver's Fruit Salad (Venture-Health & the Human Body) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  • Fresh Fruit And Vegetables Arrival Totals In 22 Cities (reference)

  • United Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Association Affiliate Membership (reference)

  • Chicago Fresh Fruit And Vegetable Report (reference)

  • Fresh Fruit And Vegetable Shipments By Commodities States & Months (reference)

  • California Rare Fruit Growers Membership - Golden Gate Chapter (reference)

    (more periodical examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

  

High Tech

  

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Fruit

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Photo Album: Fruit

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A brown-beige-white plate sits on a sand-colored table. On the plate is cottage cheese, strawberries, kiwi fruit, cantaloupe, orange slices and rasberries. Next to the plate are 2 slices of dark bread and a multicolored napkin and a fork. There is a glass of iced tea in the background with lemon garnish. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer).

From an overhead angle, a peach, a nectarine, a cherry tomato and a plum sit on a green marble table garnished with a stem of green leaves. The script text in the lower third reads: "Include 2-3 servings of fruit each day". Shot on 4x5 format. This was used in the 1989 calendar "Eat for Good Health" August 1989. See artwork: PV-19. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer).

Fresh fruit display on cruise ship. Food. Credit: CDC.

Fruit, vendors, and tourists in Wuhan, China. Credit: CDC.

A pineapple plant with the fruit nearly ready to harvest. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Fruit bearing trees and plants provide an excellent food source for many different wildlife species. Credit: Dot Paul.

4H kids prepare fruit. Credit: USDA.

4H kids are given instructions on preparing fruit. Credit: USDA.

Compact orange pepper plants bear upright, pungent fruit. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by John Stommel..

The pawpaw tree, Asimina triloba, yields 3- to 5-inch-long fruit, the largest fruit native to the United States. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Fruit
 

"Fruit and veggie bowl" by John Manning
Commentary: "Mixture of fresh fruit and vegetables in a bowl, on a wooden table."
"Fruit" by Sarah Benton
Commentary: "Fruit on Thanksgiving."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Familiar Quotations: Fruit

AuthorQuotation

Armando Zegri

Joy is a fruit that Americans eat green.

Christina Rossetti

Obedience is the fruit of faith.

Euripides

Judge a tree from its fruit; not from the leaves.

Georg C. Lichtenberg

Erudition can produce foliage without bearing fruit.

Herodotus

All men's gains are the fruit of venturing.

Jean Jacques Rousseau

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Marquis De Vauvenargues

Of all pleasures the fruit of labor is the sweetest.

MoliFre

Love is often the fruit of marriage.

Voltaire

Independence in the end is the fruit of injustice.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Fruit

AuthorDateQuotation

John Locke

1690

But if either the grass of his enclosure rotted on the ground, or the fruit of his planting perished without gathering, and laying up, this part of the earth, notwithstanding his enclosure, was still to be looked on as waste, and might be the possession of any other. (Second Treatise of Government)

Communist Manifesto

1848

The real fruit of their battles lies, not in the immediate result, but in the ever-expanding union of the workers. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Fruit

TitleAuthorQuote

Emma

Austen, Jane

I believe it is the only way that Mr. Woodhouse thinks the fruit thoroughly wholesome

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

She possessed affections, too, though hitherto acrid and disagreeable, as are the richest flavours of unripe fruit.

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

And look at the stars through the irregular outlines of his fruit trees

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

They were not to eat of the fruit of the forbidden tree

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

No bruised fruit.

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

The ambrosial and essential part of the fruit is lost with the bloom which is rubbed off in the market cart, and they become mere provender

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Fruit

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Use only whole fruit for snacks. (references)

Fruit can act as a natural laxative and should be eaten sparingly. (references)

Juices made from fresh fruit can also be contaminated with crypto. (references)

Business

Many fruit and vegetable importers also import eggs. (references)

Fruit tree yards are also fundamental agricultural activities. (references)

Gift baskets for new baby arrivals include baby clothing, toiletries or fresh fruit. (references)

Children

Dominican Republic

Homeless children called "palomas" (doves) are frequently at the mercy of adults who collect them and put them to work begging and selling fruit, flowers, and other goods on the street. (references)

Civil Liberties

Djibouti

On January 15, police arrested Daher Ahmed Farah (also known as DAF), president of the opposition Party for Democratic Renewal (PRD), for publishing an article critical of a government decision to move forcibly fruit vendors to a new area; publication of the newspaper Le Renouveau was suspended. (references)

Economic History

Philippines

Main export items are fruit, tuna, and meat. (references)

Human Rights

Paraguay

Prisons generally serve one meal a day, and prisoners seldom get vegetables, fruit, or a meat protein source, unless they have individual means to purchase them. (references)

Costa Rica

However, on July 20, the Government removed 400 families from a Standard Fruit Company property in Rio Frio, involving use of tear gas by police and gunfire by some of the squatters. (references)

Political Economy

Guinea

Other exports include coffee and fruit. (references)

Trade

Barbados

Beer, fruit juices and fruit drinks can be imported with a license. (references)

Chile

Import restrictions on fresh fruit are gradually being resolved, with more U.S. products now allowed to enter Chile. (references)

Italy

Specific EU regulations exist for cocoa and chocolate products, sugars, fruit juices, fruit jams and jellies, milk and casein products. (references)

Travel

Colombia

A large variety of fresh tropical fruit juices are served throughout the country. (references)

Indonesia

At home, wash and soak all local fruit and vegetables in Clorox-treated, soapy water. (references)

Greece

Flower bulbs, plants, and fresh fruit may not be brought into the country by travelers. (references)

Worker Rights

Ukraine

In rural areas, where reported incomes tend to be the lowest, families subsidize their incomes by growing fruit and vegetables and raising livestock. (references)

Dominica

However the banana, coconut and citrus fruit industries as well as port services are deemed "essential services," which effectively prohibits workers in these sectors from going on strike. (references)

Bangladesh

Children drive rickshaws, break bricks at construction sites, carry fruit, vegetables, and dry goods for shoppers at markets, work at tea stalls, and work as beachcombers in the shrimp industry. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

AGITATOR, n. A statesman who shakes the fruit trees of his neighbors -- to dislodge the worms.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: Fruit

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

James Monroe

1817-1825Possessing as we do all the raw materials, the fruit of our own soil and industry, we ought not to depend in the degree we have done on supplies from other countries.

Andrew Jackson

1829-1837Wherever this spirit has effected an alliance with political power, tyranny and despotism have been the fruit.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Fruit

"Fruit" is generally used as a noun (common) -- approximately 99.85% of the time. "Fruit" is used about 4,121 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (common)99.85%4,1152,389
Noun (proper)0.07%3202,518
Noun (singular)0.07%3202,518
                    Total100.00%4,121N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Fruit

The following table summarizes the usage of "fruit" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
FruitLast name20037,994
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Fruit

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "fruit".
 
NameGenderLanguageMeaning
AbibN/ABiblical

Green fruit

CarpusN/ABiblical

Fruit

EphratahN/ABiblical

Bearing fruit

MagdielN/ABiblical

Chosen fruit of God

MegiddoN/ABiblical

His precious fruit

ParoshN/ABiblical

The fruit of a moth

PharparN/ABiblical

That produces fruit

PhurahN/ABiblical

That bears fruit

KarpN/ARussian

Fruit

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

 

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Usage in Company Names: Fruit

CountryName
USA

Fruit of the Loom Inc.

 (more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: Fruit

Expressions using "fruit": accessory fruit aggregate fruit angry fruit salad banana passion fruit basket of fruit bear fruit bottled fruit Brandy fruit bread fruit bread fruit tree brown rot of fruit trees candied fruit candied fruit jelly canned fruit choice fruit citrus fruit Collective fruit concentrated fruit purée crystallized fruit dehydrated fruit dried fruit dried fruit pulp early fruit edible fruit false fruit First fruit forbidden fruit french dressing for fruit salad fresh fruit fruit bar fruit bat fruit bowl fruit bread fruit bud fruit cake fruit cane fruit chewy candy fruit cocktail fruit compote Fruit Cove fruit crush fruit cup fruit custard fruit dish Fruit dot fruit drink fruit drop fruit drops fruit farm fruit fly fruit garden fruit grower fruit growing Fruit Heights Fruit Hill Fruit jar fruit juice fruit loaf fruit machine fruit of his labour fruit of the arbutus fruit of the body fruit of the poisonous tree fruit or fruits fruit orchard fruit picking season Fruit pigeon fruit plate fruit pulp fruit punch fruit purée fruit ranch fruit salad fruit salts fruit sauce fruit shop fruit sorbet fruit spirits fruit stand fruit store fruit sugar Fruit thrush fruit tree fruit wine Fruit worm gathering of fruit genipap fruit grape fruit hawthorn fruit juicy fruit key fruit Kiwi fruit make fruit syrup mediterranean fruit fly multiple fruit passion fruit podded fruit red fruit jelly ripening of fruit simple fruit soft fruit. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "fruit": fruit-and-nut, fruit-and-vegetable, fruit-barrow, fruit-baskets, fruit-bat, fruit-bats, fruit-bearing, fruit-bowl, fruit-bud, fruit-cake, fruit-crammed, fruit-crows, fruit-designed, fruit-display, fruit-drink, fruit-eater, fruit-eaters, fruit-eating, fruit-eating bat, fruit-flavoured, fruit-flies, fruit-floras, fruit-fly, fruit-garden, fruit-grower, fruit-growing, fruit-gum, fruit-gums, fruit-harvest, fruit-juice, fruit-juices, fruit-knife, fruit-laden, fruit-like, fruit-machine, fruit-machines, fruit-market, fruit-packaging, fruit-packed, fruit-peel, fruit-pickers, fruit-picking, fruit-pie, fruit-piece, fruit-salad, fruit-shaped, fruit-shop, fruit-stands, fruit-stone, fruit-syrup, fruit-thrushes, fruit-trees.

Ending with "fruit": passion-fruit.

Containing "fruit": citrus-fruit squeezer.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Fruit

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

fruit

8,733

dried fruit

271

fruit basket

2,586

fruit smoothie recipe

247

tropical fruit

1,623

a recipe for fruit pizza

237

fruit tree

1,461

fruit smoothies

233

fresh fruit

809

the fruit machine

203

gift fruit

762

fruit diet

190

fruit of the loom

735

fruit calorie

180

fruit salad

530

fruit basket anime

178

fruit of the spirit

505

calorie in fruit

160

fruit dip

489

passion fruit

153

fruit loop

461

kiwi fruit

143

fruit and vegetable

436

noni fruit

133

fruit pizza

407

exotic fruit

132

apple fruit

389

fruit cake

132

fruit picture

374

fruit juice

132

fruit tea

363

fruit punch recipe

129

fruit salad recipe

350

fruit recipe

124

fruit dip recipe

342

fruit bat

121

fruit fly

319

fruit punch

119

citrus fruit

272

agriculture candied fruit

116
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Fruit

Language Translations for "fruit"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

vrug. (various references)

   

Albanian

  

fryt (embryo, harvest, product), frutë, rezultat (conclusion, consequent, job, offspring, outcome, outgrowth, reflex, result, score, train, upshot), pemë (fruit tree, garden stuff, tree). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏فاكهة (fruitiness), ‏محصول (bearing, crop, harvest, incomings, output, proceeds, produce, product, returns, takings, vintage, yield), ‏نتيجة (conclusion, consequence, echo, effect, emanation, end, event, offshoot, offspring, outcome, payoff, precipitate, product, progeny, purpose, ramification, repercussion, result, score, sequel, termination, upshot, work), ‏غلة (crop, cut, harvest, increase, produce, product), ‏الفاكهة (confection), ‏أثمر (fructify, yield), ‏ثمرة (child, effect, gain, product, profit, result, upshot). (various references)

   

Asturian

  

fruta. (various references)

   

Basque

  

fruitu. (various references)

   

Bemba

  

icisabo. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

от плодове, овощия, овошка, овошки, за плодове, плодове (fruitage, garden stuff), плодов (fruity), плоден, плод (emanation, issue, product), давам плод (fructify). (various references)

   

Catalan

  

fruta. (various references)

   

Chamorro

  

tinekcha'. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

果實 (gains), 果子, (in charge of, palm of hand, result), 水果 . (various references)

   

Cornish

  

frút. (various references)

   

Czech

  

ovoce. (various references)

   

Danish

  

frugt. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

vrucht (embryo, fetus, foetus). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

frukto. (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

frukt. (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

فایده (Advantage, Avail, Profit, Use, Utter), فرزند (Bairn, Breed, Child, Fry, Get, Offspring, Progeny, Scion), میوه دادن , میوه (Blossom), سود (Advantage, Avail, Dividend, Gain, Good, Grist, Increment, Interest, Lucre, Profit, Utter), ثمر, بر (Against, Bosom, In, Mainland, Man, On, Upon). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

hedelmä. (various references)

   

French

  

fruit. (various references)

   

Frisian

  

frucht. (various references)

   

German

  

Frucht (crop, crops, fetus, harvest, progeny), Obst. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

φρούτο. (various references)

   

Guarani

  

yva. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

פרי (gain, offspring, product, profit, result), פרות. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

gyümölcs (bearing, fructification, short-cake). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

buah (blackberry, focus, result). (various references)

   

Inuktitut

  

piruqtit siiqnaqtut. (various references)

   

Irish

  

toradh. (various references)

   

Italian

  

frutta, frutto (apprehension, interest, offspring, product, return). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

(confidence, content, devotion, essence, faith, fidelity, good result, kindness, nut, reality, reliance, seed, sincerity, substance, trust, truth). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

たまもの (boon, gift, result), フルーツ , きのみ (berry, nut), しょさん (first childbirth, primipara, product, result), くだもの, さんぶつ (product, result), かじつ (appearance and content, auspicious occasion, beautiful day, berry., flowers and fruit, good day, interior and exterior, name and reality, nut, recently, summer day, the other day), このみ (berry, choice, liking, nut, taste), みずがし, みずもの (a drink, a liquid, matter of chance), (body, content, good result, main part, not yet, nut, oneself, seed, sixth sign of Chinese zodiac, sword, three). (various references)

   

Kongo

  

bundu. (various references)

   

Korean 

  

과일. (various references)

   

Malay

  

buah. (various references)

   

Manx

  

ymmyrkey mess, troar (acquisition, crop, output, proceeds, produce, product, yield), mess (issue). (various references)

   

Maori

  

hua. (various references)

   

Maya

  

ich (eye). (various references)

   

Mohawk

  

kahik. (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

frukt. (various references)

   

Occitan

  

frucha. (various references)

   

Papago

  

bahithag. (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

fruta. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

uitfray.(various references)

   

Polish

  

owoc. (various references)

   

Portuguese

  

fruta (pith fleck). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

fruct, urmare (consequence, continuation, effect, end, following, outcome, result, sequel, succession), rod (bearing, harvest, outgrowth, result), rezultat (child, conclusion, effect, end, event, issue, offspring, outcome, outgrowth, product, progeny, result, resume, sum, upshot), poamã (bad lot, light woman, rep). (various references)

   

Romansch

  

fritg. (various references)

   

Romany

  

emishi. (various references)

   

Ruanda

  

ivyamwa. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

результат (action, after-effect, conclusion, effect, end-product, event, offspring, outcome, produce, progeny, purpose, result, sequel, ultimation, upshot), фрукт, плоды (garden-stuff, harvest), плод;фрукт фруктовый, плод (fetus, foetus, offspring). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

toradh (produce), meas (esteem, estimate, judge, judgement, opinion, regard, reputation, value). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

voćni (fruity), voćka (fruit tree, fruiter), voće, plod (yield). (various references)

   

Shona

  

muchero. (various references)

   

Sicilian

  

fruttu. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

fruta. (various references)

   

Sranan

  

froktu. (various references)

   

Swazi

  

sí-tselo. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

frukt (consequence, fruitage, result, yield). (various references)

   

Tagalog

  

búngang-káhoy. (various references)

   

Thai

  

ผลไม้, ผลลัพธ์ (fate), ออกผล, ลูก. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

yemiş, yayar, tohum kapsülü, sonuç (aftermath, close, conclusion, consequence, consequent, corollary, decision, deduction, denouement, effect, end, event, finding, harvest, inference, issue, joy, outcome, payoff, produce, product, result, resultant, sequel, show, success, sum, upshot), semere (consequence, first fruits, firstling, harvest, result), nonoş (darling, fairy, gay, poof, pouf, pouffe, queen, queer), meyve (Berry, dessert, product), kâr (avail, avails, benefit, capital, catch, gain, gainings, increment, melon, pay dirt, profit, return), ibne (catamite, fag, faggot, fagot, queer, sod, swish), homoseksüel (camp, gay, homo, homoerotic, homophile, homosexual, invert, pederast, poof, queen, queer, sod, sodomite, swish), döl (offspring, progeniture, progeny, race, seed, semen, spawn), ahbap (bud, buddy, chap, chum, companion, cove, fellow, fellow man, friend, joker, old cock, pal, pard), ürün (child, crop, end product, graduate, growth, harvest, offspring, produce, product, progeny, result, turnoff, yield). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

miwe, iяmiю. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

фрукт, плід (fetus, foetus, offspring), плодоносити (fructify). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

trái cây thành quả, quả. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

ffrwyth (use, vigor), aeronen (berry). (various references)

   

Yucatec

  

yich che', yich. (various references)

   

Zulu

  

isithelo. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Fruit

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Sumerian3100 BCE-2500 BCE

buru, gurun. (various references)

Latin500 BCE-Modern

calle, callis, fructibus, fructu, fructui, fructum, fructus, fructus fructus, fructusque, fructuum, genimina, genimine, horti, hortis, horto, hortorum, hortos, hortum, hortus, mala, male, mali, malis, malo, malorum, malum, malumque, parapside, parapsidis, poma, pomis, pomorum, pomum. (various references)

Avestan200-600

urvara. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Fruit

LanguageDateSourceProverbs Chapter 8, Verse 19
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintBeltion eme karpizesqai uper crusion kai liqon timion ta de ema genhmata kreissw arguriou eklektou
Latin405VulgateMelior est fructus meus auro et pretioso lapide et genimina mea argento electo
Middle English1395WyclifBetere is my frut than gold, and than precious ston; and my buriounyngis than chosen siluer.
Jacobean English1611King JamesMy fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.
Victorian English1833WebsterMy fruit is better than gold, yes, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.
Basic English1964OgdenMy fruit is better than gold, even than the best gold; and my increase is more to be desired than silver.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Fruit

LanguageProverbs Chapter 8, Verse 19
CebuanoAng akong bunga labi pang maayo kay sa bulawan, oo, bisan pa kay sa fino nga bulawan; Ug ang akong abut kay sa piniling salapi.
CroatianMoj je plod bolji od èista i žežena zlata i moj je prihod bolji od èistoga srebra.
DanishMin Frugt er bedre end Guld og Malme, min Afgrøde bedre end kosteligt Sølv.
DutchMijn vrucht is beter dan uitgegraven goud, en dan dicht goud; en Mijn inkomen dan uitgelezen zilver.
FinnishMinun hedelmäni on parempi kuin kulta, kuin puhtain kulta, minun antamani voitto valituinta hopeata parempi.
FrenchMon fruit est meilleur que l`or, que l`or pur, Et mon produit est préférable à l`argent.
GermanMeine Frucht ist besser denn Gold und feines Gold und mein Ertrag besser denn auserlesenes Silber.
HungarianJobb az én gyümölcsöm a tiszta aranynál és színaranynál, és az én hasznom a válogatott ezüstnél.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariYang kaudapat dari aku melebihi emas murni; lebih berharga dari perak asli.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaBahwa buah-buahku itu terlebih baik dari pada emas tua dan dari pada emas tempawan, dan hasilku itu terutama dari pada perak pilihan.
MaoriPai atu oku hua i te koura, ae ra, i te koura parakore; ko nga mea e puta ana i ahau, pai atu i te hiriwa kowhiri.
NorwegianMin frukt er bedre enn gull, ja det fineste gull, og den vinning jeg gir, er bedre enn utsøkt sølv.
PortugueseMelhor é o meu fruto do que o ouro, sim, do que o ouro refinado; e a minha renda melhor do que a prata escolhida.   
RumanianRodul meu este mai bun deckt aurul cel mai curat, wi venitul meu kntrece argintul cel mai ales.
RussianРМПДЩ НПЙ МХЮЫЕ ЪПМПФБ, Й ЪПМПФБ УБНПЗП ЮЙУФПЗП, Й РПМШЪЩ ПФ НЕОС ВПМШЫЕ, ОЕЦЕМЙ ПФ ПФВПТОПЗП УЕТЕВТБ.
SpanishMejor es mi fruto que el oro, que el oro fino; mis resultados son mejores que la plata escogida.
SwedishMin frukt är bättre än guld, ja, finaste guld och den vinning jag skänker bättre än utvalt silver.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Fruit

Derivations

Words beginning with "fruit": fruitage, fruitages, fruitarian, fruitarians, fruitcake, fruitcakes, fruited, fruiter, fruiterer, fruiterers, fruiters, fruitful, fruitfuller, fruitfullest, fruitfully, fruitfulness, fruitfulnesses, fruitier, fruitiest, fruitily, fruitiness, fruitinesses, fruiting, fruition, fruitions, fruitless, fruitlessly, fruitlessness, fruitlessnesses, fruitlet, fruitlets, fruits, fruitwood, fruitwoods, fruity. (additional references)

Words ending with "fruit": breadfruit, fogfruit, grapefruit, jackfruit, kiwifruit, starfruit. (additional references)

Words containing "fruit": breadfruits, firstfruits, fogfruits, grapefruits, jackfruits, kiwifruits, starfruits, unfruitful, unfruitfully, unfruitfulness, unfruitfulnesses. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Fruit" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Druiett, druit, Druitt, Faruqi, feruid, ffruit, fgrhist, fluit, frait, frati, freat, freut, frict, fritt, friut, froat, froin, froit, froot, frout, fruct, frue, fruet, frui, fruid, fruin, fruite, fruiti, Frumil, frust, frut, frute, Frutin, furet, Furfix, Furic, furid, furist, fwuit, Iruhito, truit, wruit. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Fruit"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "fruit" (pronounced fruw"t)
3-r uw" tBrut, brute, recruit, reroute, root, uproot.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Fruit

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "f-i-r-t-u"

-1 letter: frit, rift, turf.

-2 letters: fir, fit, fur, rif, rut, tui.

-3 letters: if, it, ti, ut.

 Words containing the letters "f-i-r-t-u"
 

+1 letter: fruits, fruity.

 

+2 letters: antifur, brutify, faitour, fixture, floruit, flutier, fruited, fruiter, furmity, furtive, fustier, outfire, surfeit, tuftier, turfier, turfing, turfski.

 

+3 letters: faitours, faultier, figurant, figurate, filature, fistular, fixtures, floruits, fluorite, fogfruit, fortuity, fremitus, fructify, fruitage, fruiters, fruitful, fruitier, fruitily, fruiting, fruition, fruitlet, fumitory, furriest, furziest, futurism, futurist, futurity, mirthful, outfired, outfires, refuting, reoutfit, rightful, stuffier, surfeits, surfiest, thurifer, trainful, tristful, tubiform, turfiest, turflike, turfskis, uplifter.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art
9. Quotations: Familiar
10. Quotations: Historic
11. Quotations: Fiction
12. Quotations: Non-fiction
13. Quotations: Speeches
14. Usage Frequency
15. Names: Frequency
16. Names: Derived from
17. Names: Company Usage
18. Expressions
19. Expressions: Internet
20. Translations: Modern
21. Translations: Ancient
22. Bible Trace
23. Abbreviations
24. Acronyms
25. Derivations
26. Rhymes
27. Anagrams
28. Bibliography


  

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