| Cream-fruit (n.) A plant of Sierra Leone which yields a wholesome, creamy juice. |
| Flies (pl. ) of Fly |
| Fruit (v. t.) Whatever is produced for the nourishment or enjoyment of man or animals by the processes of vegetable growth, as corn, grass, cotton, flax, etc. |
| 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. |
| Fruit (v. t.) The ripened ovary of a flowering plant, with its contents and whatever parts are consolidated with it. |
| Fruit (v. t.) The spore cases or conceptacles of flowerless plants, as of ferns, mosses, algae, etc., with the spores contained in them. |
| Fruit (v. t.) The produce of animals |
| Fruit (v. t.) That which is produced |
| Fruit (v. i.) To bear fruit. |
| Fruit'y (a.) Having the odor, taste, or appearance of fruit |
| fruit bat / megabat large Old World bat of warm and tropical regions that feeds on fruit |
| harpy harpy bat / tube-nosed bat / tube-nosed fruit bat any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes |
| fruit fly / pomace fly any of numerous small insects whose larvae feed on fruits |
| Mediterranean fruit fly / medfly / Ceratitis capitata small black-and-white fly that damages citrus and other fruits by implanting eggs that hatch inside the fruit |
| fruit machine a coin-operated gambling machine that produces random combinations of symbols (usually pictures of different fruits) on rotating dials, certain combinations win money for the player |
| yield / fruit an amount of a product |
| forbidden fruit originally an apple from the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the Garden of Eden, it is now used to refer to anything that is tempting but dangerous (as sexuality) |
| fruit of the poisonous tree a rule that once primary evidence is determined to have been illegally obtained any secondary evidence following from it may also not be used |
| fruit the consequence of some effort or action, "he lived long enough to see the fruit of his policies" |
| fruit cocktail a mixture of sliced or diced fruits |