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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fruit \Fruit\, n. [OE. fruit, frut, F. fruit, from L. fructus
     enjoyment, product, fruit, from frui, p. p. fructus, to
     enjoy; akin to E. brook, v. t. See {Brook}, v. t., and cf.
     {Fructify}, {Frugal}.]
     1. Whatever is produced for the nourishment or enjoyment of
        man or animals by the processes of vegetable growth, as


        corn, grass, cotton, flax, etc.; -- commonly used in the
        plural.
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              Six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather
              in the
              fruits thereof.                       --Ex. xxiii.
                                                    10.
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     2. (Hort.) The pulpy, edible seed vessels of certain plants,
        especially those grown on branches above ground, as
        apples, oranges, grapes, melons, berries, etc. See 3.
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     3. (Bot.) The ripened ovary of a flowering plant, with its
        contents and whatever parts are consolidated with it.
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     Note: Fruits are classified as fleshy, drupaceous, and dry.
           {Fleshy fruits} include berries, gourds, and melons,
           orangelike fruits and pomes; {drupaceous fruits} are
           stony within and fleshy without, as peaches, plums, and
           cherries; and {dry fruits} are further divided into
           {achenes}, {follicles}, {legumes}, {capsules}, {nuts},
           and several other kinds.
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     4. (Bot.) The spore cases or conceptacles of flowerless
        plants, as of ferns, mosses, algae, etc., with the spores
        contained in them.
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     6. The produce of animals; offspring; young; as, the fruit of
        the womb, of the loins, of the body.
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              King Edward's fruit, true heir to the English crown.
                                                    --Shak.
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     6. That which is produced; the effect or consequence of any
        action; advantageous or desirable product or result;
        disadvantageous or evil consequence or effect; as, the
        fruits of labor, of self-denial, of intemperance.
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              The fruit of rashness.                --Shak.
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              What I obtained was the fruit of no bargain.
                                                    --Burke.
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              They shall eat the fruit of their doings. --Is. iii
                                                    10.
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              The fruits of this education became visible.
                                                    --Macaulay.
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     Note: Fruit is frequently used adjectively, signifying of,
           for, or pertaining to a fruit or fruits; as, fruit bud;
           fruit frame; fruit jar; fruit knife; fruit loft; fruit
           show; fruit stall; fruit tree; etc.
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     {Fruit bat} (Zool.), one of the Frugivora; -- called also
        {fruit-eating bat}.
  
     {Fruit bud} (Bot.), a bud that produces fruit; -- in most
        oplants the same as the power bud.
  
     {Fruit dot} (Bot.), a collection of fruit cases, as in ferns.
        See {Sorus}.
  
     {Fruit fly} (Zool.), a small dipterous insect of the genus
        {Drosophila}, which lives in fruit, in the larval state.
        There are seveal species, some of which are very damaging
        to fruit crops. One species, {Drosophila melanogaster},
        has been intensively studied as a model species for
        genetic reserach.
  
     {Fruit jar}, a jar for holding preserved fruit, usually made
        of glass or earthenware.
  
     {Fruit pigeon} (Zool.), one of numerous species of pigeons of
        the family {Carpophagid[ae]}, inhabiting India, Australia,
        and the Pacific Islands. They feed largely upon fruit. and
        are noted for their beautiful colors.
  
     {Fruit sugar} (Chem.), a kind of sugar occurring, naturally
        formed, in many ripe fruits, and in honey; levulose. The
        name is also, though rarely, applied to {invert sugar}, or
        to the natural mixture or dextrose and levulose resembling
        it, and found in fruits and honey.
  
     {Fruit tree} (Hort.), a tree cultivated for its edible fruit.
        
  
     {Fruit worm} (Zool.), one of numerous species of insect
        larv[ae]: which live in the interior of fruit. They are
        mostly small species of Lepidoptera and Diptera.
  
     {Small fruits} (Hort.), currants, raspberries, strawberries,
        etc.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  nuts \nuts\ (n[u^]ts), pred. a.
     Crazy; loony; insane; batty; -- used in a predicate position,
     ususually in phrases such as to go nuts, went nuts, are you
     nuts? [slang]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  nuts \nuts\ (n[u^]ts), interj.
     An expression of disapproval, defiance, or displeasure, as
     in: "Ah, nuts! My knife just broke." [slang]
     [PJC] nutsedge

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  nuts
       adj : informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to
             drive my husband balmy" [syn: {balmy}, {barmy}, {bats},
              {batty}, {bonkers}, {buggy}, {cracked}, {crackers}, {daft},
              {dotty}, {fruity}, {haywire}, {kooky}, {kookie}, {loco},
              {loony}, {loopy}, {nutty}, {round the bend}, {around
             the bend}, {wacky}, {whacky}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  44 Moby Thesaurus words for "nuts":
     balmy, bananas, barmy, bats, batty, beany, bonkers, buggy,
     bughouse, bugs, cracked, crackers, crazy, cuckoo, daffy, daft,
     demented, dippy, dotty, flaky, flipped, freaked-out, fruitcakey,
     fruity, gaga, goofy, haywire, just plain nuts, kooky, loony, loopy,
     mad, nutty, off the hinges, off the track, off the wall, potty,
     round the bend, screwball, screwballs, screwy, slaphappy,
     unbalanced, wacky
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Nuts
     were among the presents Jacob sent into Egypt for the purpose of
     conciliating Joseph (Gen. 43:11). This was the fruit of the
     pistachio tree, which resembles the sumac. It is of the size of
     an olive. In Cant. 6:11 a different Hebrew word ('egoz), which
     means "walnuts," is used.
     

















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