Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - fruit

~1 n plural fruit or fruits 1 something such as an apple, banana, or strawberry that grows on a tree or other plant, and tastes sweet  (fresh fruit and vegetables | a bowl of fruit)  (- see also dried fruit, soft fruit) 2 technical the part of a plant, bush, or tree that contains the seeds 3 the fruit/fruits of sth the good results that you have from something, after you have worked very hard 4 bear fruit if a plan or activity bears fruit, it produces the good results that you intended 5 in fruit technical trees, plants etc that are in fruit are producing their fruit 6 the fruits of the earth/nature all the natural things that the earth produces, such as fruit, vegetables, or minerals 7 old-fashioned slang an insulting way of talking to or about a man who is a homosexual 8 old fruit old-fashioned slang BrE used by men as a way of addressing a man that they know well ~2 v technical if a tree or a plant fruits, it produces fruit