fruit (n.)

  1. the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant

  2. an amount of a product

    [ Syn: yield ]

  3. the consequence of some effort or action; he lived long enough to see the fruit of his policies'

    fruit (v.)

  1. cause to bear fruit

  2. bear fruit; the trees fruited early this year'

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