fruit — meaning in English

English meaning

• fruit noun The seed-bearing part of a plant, often sweet and eaten as food, such as an apple or orange.
• issue noun A subject or problem that people discuss or disagree about.

Senses

fruit is used for these senses in English:

• fruit (dated, colloquial, derogatory) A homosexual man; (derogatory, figurative) an effeminate man. [from 1900]
• issue (now, _, rare) The produce or income derived from farmland or rental properties.

fruit — full definition

1. noun The seed-bearing part of a plant, often sweet and eaten as food, such as an apple or orange.
2. noun A good or bad result of effort or action.
3. verb To produce fruit.

issue — full definition

1. noun A subject or problem that people discuss or disagree about.
2. noun A single edition of a magazine, newspaper, or comic.
3. verb To officially give out, publish, or send something into circulation.

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