fruit
nounUK /fruːt/
US /fruːt/
A fruit is a sweet part of a plant that you can eat.
She ate a juicy apple for a snack.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. The result or reward of hard work.
Their efforts finally bore fruit when the project succeeded.
3. A person's child or offspring, used in older or formal speech.
The old king was proud of his only fruit, his daughter.
4. The sweet or savory product of a plant used as food, in a broad botanical sense.
Tomatoes and peppers are fruits, even though cooks treat them like vegetables.