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Is the plural of fruit fruit or fruits?
The Free Dictionary says:
The Free Dictionary says:
fruit (frt)
n. pl. fruit or fruits
1.
a. The ripened ovary or ovaries of a seed-bearing plant, together with accessory parts, containing the seeds and occurring in a wide variety of forms.b. An edible, usually sweet and fleshy form of such a structure.c. A part or an amount of such a plant product, served as food: fruit for dessert.2. The fertile, often spore-bearing structure of a plant that does not bear seeds.3. A plant crop or product: the fruits of the earth.4. Result; outcome: the fruit of their labor.5. Offspring; progeny.6. A fruity aroma or flavor in a wine.7. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a homosexual man.intr. & tr.v. fruit·ed, fruit·ing, fruits
To produce or cause to produce fruit.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin frctus, enjoyment, fruit, from past participle of fru, to enjoy.]
Fruiting? A verb? Really?
Well, in that case, our trees are fruiting ... baby fruits abound. Sammy and I took a spin through the vineyard and orchard on this gorgeous afternoon to see what we could see.
baby pears! soon time to try making eau du vie |
despite being riddled with green worms (which I organically hand-picked and squished under my ducky boots), the plum tree seems to be fruiting as well |
grapelettes on well-trained vines |
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