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| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. Signifies an entity that fruits, based on the verb fruit.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (fruit) |
1. Cause to bear fruit.[Wordnet]. 2. Bear fruit; "the trees fruited early this year".[Wordnet]. 3. To bear fruit.[Websters]. 4. Base verb from the following inflections: fruiting, fruited, fruits, fruiter, fruiters, fruitingly and fruitedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective | 1. A ship for carrying fruit.[Websters]. | |
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Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. |
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Date "Fruiter" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1886. (references) |
| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. Signifies an entity that fruits, based on the verb fruit.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (fruit) | 1. Cause to bear fruit.[Wordnet]. 2. Bear fruit; "the trees fruited early this year".[Wordnet]. 3. To bear fruit.[Websters]. 4. Base verb from the following inflections: fruiting, fruited, fruits, fruiter, fruiters, fruitingly and fruitedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective | 1. A ship for carrying fruit.[Websters]. | |
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Date "FRUITER" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1886. (references) |
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | 1: [Noun] In a general sense, whatever the earth produces for the nourishment of animals, or for clothing or profit. Among the fruits of the earth are included not only corn of all kinds, but grass, cotton, flax, grapes and all cultivated plants. In this comprehensive sense, the word is generally used in the plural.. | 2: [Noun] In a more limited sense, the produce of a tree or other plant; the last production for the propagation or multiplication of its kind; the seed of plants, or the part that contains the seeds; as wheat, rye, oats, apples, quinces, pears, cherries, acorns, melons, &c.. | 3: [Noun] In botany, the seed of a plant, or the seed with the pericarp.. | 4: [Noun] Production; that which is produced. The fruit of the spirit is in all goodness, and righteousness, and truth. Eph. 5.. | 5: [Noun] The produce of animals; offspring; young; as the fruit of the womb, of the loins, of the body.. | 6: [Noun] Effect or consequence. They shall eat the fruit of their doings. Is. 3.. | 7: [Noun] Advantage; profit; good derived. What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? Rom 6.. | 8: [Noun] Production, effect or consequence; in an ill sense; as the fruits of sin; the fruits of intemperance.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. |
| 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 | 1: For a young woman to dream of eating green fruit, indicates her degradation and loss of inheritance. Eating fruit is unfavorable usually. 2: To buy or sell fruit, denotes much business, but not very remunerative. 3: 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. 4: To see or eat ripe fruit, signifies uncertain fortune and pleasure. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... | ||
| Geology | 1: 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. (references) | 2: The seed-bearing structure in angiosperms formed from the ovary after flowering. (references) | |
| Law | FRUIT, property. 1. The produce of tree or plant containing the seed or used for food. Fruit is considered real estate, before it is separated from the plant or tree on which it grows; after its separation it acquires the character of personally, and may be the subject of larceny; it then has all the qualities of personal property, 2. The term fruit, among the civilians, signifies not only the production of trees and other plants, but all sorts of revenue of whatever kind they may be. Fruits may be distinguished into two kinds; the first called natural fruits, are those which the earth produces without culture, as bay, the production of trees, minerals, and the like or with culture, as grain and the like. Secondly, the other kind of fruits, known by the name of civil fruits, are the revenue which is not produced by the earth, but by the industry of man, or from animals, from some estate, or by virtue of some rule of law. Thus, the rent of a house, a right of fishing, the freight of a ship, the toll of a mill, are called, by a metaphorical expression, fruits. Domat, Lois Civ. liv. 3, tit. 5, s. 3, n. 3. See Poth. De la Communaute, n. 45. (references) | ||
| Slang | A homosexual male. (references) | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Noun] (botany) 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. (references) | 2: [Noun] (slang, offensive) A homosexual or effeminate man. (references) | 3: [Noun] A positive end result or reward of labour or effort. His long nights in the office eventually bore fruit, when his business boomed and he was given a raise. (references) | 4: [Noun] Any sweet, edible part of a plant that resembles seed-bearing fruit, even if it does not develop from a floral ovary; also used in a technically imprecise sense for some sweet or sweetish vegetables, such as rhubarb, that resemble a true fruit or are used in cookery as if they were a fruit. Fruit salad is a simple way of making fruits into a dessert. (references) | 5: [Noun] Offspring from a sexual union. The litter was the fruit of the union between our whippet and their terrier. (references) | 6: [Verb] To produce fruit. (references) |
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| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Accessory fruit | Fruit containing much fleshy tissue besides that of the ripened ovary; as apple or strawberry. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Aggregate fruit | Fruit consisting of many individual small fruits or drupes derived from separate ovaries within a common receptacle: e.g. blackberry; raspberry; pineapple. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Antiforbidden fruit effect | In psychology, the antiforbidden fruit effect occurs when someone is denied an object or behaviour so their desire to do the behaviour or have the object is not increased but actually decreases. (references) | ||
| Antique fruit jar | Glass canning jars, also known as fruit jars or mason jars (named after its inventor not masonry) have been around since the early 1850s and today are eagerly sought after by collectors. There is a section on Ebay devoted to the sale of antique fruit jars, some of which have sold for as high as $30,000. (references) | ||
| Bacterial fruit blotch | Bacterial fruit blotch (BFB) is a disease of watermelon and other cucurbit crops caused by bacterium Acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli. The disease is seed borne and is first noticed as small water-soaked lesions on seedlings. Bacterial fruit blotch can cause crop losses if allowed to progress in fields. Prevention is possible only by planting seeds which have been tested for the causal organism using a grow out method. (references) | ||
| Banana passion fruit | Cultivated for fruit. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Brandy fruit | Fruit preserved in brandy and sugar. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Candied fruit | Fruit cooked in sugar syrup and encrusted with a sugar crystals. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Citrous fruit | Any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp; grown in warm regions. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Citrus fruit | Any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp; grown in warm regions. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
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| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Accessory fruit | Geology | A fruit, or group of fruits derived from one flower, in which the conspicuous, fleshy portion develops from the receptacle and is shed with the true fruit (s) attached. (references) | |
| Aggregate fruit | Geology | A cluster of fruits formed from the free carpels of one flower. Compare syncarp. (references) | |
| Angry fruit salad | Computing | Angry fruit salad n. A bad visual-interface design that uses too many colors. (This term derives, of course, from the bizarre day-glo colors found in canned fruit salad.) Too often one sees similar effects from interface designers using color window systems such as X; there is a tendency to create displays that are flashy and attention-getting but uncomfortable for long-term use. Source: Jargon File.. | |
| Brown rot of fruit trees | Biology & Biotechnology | A disease which destroys the fruit of peaches, plums, cherries and apricots and also of apples. The disease is usually recognized by the rotting of fruits, blasting of flowers and the killing of young stems. A brown spot appears on the fruit and may enlarge until the whole fruit is decayed. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Citrus fruit | Statistics | A fruit from any tree of the genus Citrus (rue family), including citron, lemon, lime, orange, and grapefruit. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| COLORER, CITRUS FRUIT | Occupations | Tends equipment to subject citrus fruits to ethylene gas to destroy chlorophyll and produce fruit of natural appearance: Ascertains from supervisor time, humidity, and amount of gas to be used for each lot of fruit stored in coloring room. Observes gauges and dials and manipulates controls to steam-heat room, to pump gas throughout room, and to keep specified humidity. (references) | |
| Concentrated fruit purée | Food & Agriculture | The product obtained from fruit purée by the physical removal of a specific proportion of its water content. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Dead-Sea Fruit | Literature | Fair to the eye, but nauseous to the taste; full of promise, but without reality. (See Apples Of Sodom.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
| DRIED FRUIT WASHER | Occupations | Tends machine that washes dried fruit, such as apricots, figs, prunes, and raisins preparatory to canning, packaging, or making specialty foods, such as mincemeat and chutney: Dumps fruit into hopper of machine. Starts machine that rotates fruit rapidly in water to remove dirt and automatically ejects fruit onto receiving tray. May inspect washed fruit and remove foreign matter. May be designated according to dried fruit washed as Apricot Washer (food prep., nec); Fig Washer (food prep., nec); Prune Washer (food prep., nec); Raisin Washer (food prep., nec). (references) | |
| FARMER, FRUIT CROPS, BUSH AND VINE | Occupations | Plants and cultivates fruit bushes and vines and harvests crops, such as grapes, cranberries, and strawberries, applying knowledge of growth characteristics of specific varieties and soil, climate, and market conditions: Determines varieties and quantities of plants to be grown, acreage to be tilled, and employees to be hired. Selects and purchases plant stock and farm machines, implements, and supplies. Decides when and how to plant, bud, graft, prune, sucker, cultivate and irrigate plants, and harvest crop, based on knowledge of vine-crop culture. Attaches farm implements, such as harrow and ditcher, to tractor and drives tractor in fields to till soil. Drives and operates farm machinery to spray fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides and haul fruit boxes. Hires, assigns duties to, and oversees activities of seasonal workers engaged in tilling and irrigating soil, pruning plants, and harvesting and marketing crop. Demonstrates and explains farm work techniques and safety regulations. Maintains employee and financial records. Makes arrangements with buyers for sale and shipment of crop. May make arrangements with AIRPLANE PILOT (agriculture) 196.263-010 to spray and dust fertilizers and pesticides on planted acreage. May install irrigation system(s) and irrigate fields. May set poles, string wires on poles to form trellises, and tie vines and canes to trellis wires. May prune vines and canes to size and shape growth. May lubricate, adjust, and make minor repairs on farm machinery, implements, and equipment, using oilcan, grease gun, and handtools, such as hammer and wrench. May be designated according to crop grown as Blueberry Grower (agriculture); Cranberry Grower (agriculture); Grape Grower (agriculture); Raspberry Grower (agriculture); Strawberry Grower (agriculture). (references) | |
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| 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. | ||||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field | |
| FRUIT | English | Fresh Fruit life tracking system | Computing, European Union | |
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