(often in the plural) In general, a product of plant growth useful to man or animals.

(see next sense) Specifically, a sweet and/or sour, edible part of a plant that resembles seed-bearing fruit , even if it does not develop from a floral ovary; also used in a technically imprecise sense for some sweet or sweetish vegetables, such as the petioles of rhubarb, that resemble a true fruit or are used in cookery as if they were a fruit.

(botany) A product of fertilization in a plant, specifically the seed-bearing part of a plant produced from a floral ovary after fertilization, often edible, colourful, and fragrant.

An end result, effect, or consequence; advantageous or disadvantageous result.

(attributive) Of, belonging to, related to, or having fruit or its characteristics; producing or consuming fruit.

(informal) A crazy person.

To produce fruit, seeds, or spores.