fruit
n. C / Un. the part of a plant that has seeds and is often sweet and good to eat. You usually eat it as a snack or for dessert.
n. the seed-bearing structure in flowering plants formed from the ovary after flowering. In common usage, it refers to the fleshy, edible parts of plants that are typically sweet or tart.
I always have a piece of fresh fruit with my breakfast.
The local market sells a wide variety of seasonal fruit, including apples, pears, and berries.
While botanists classify tomatoes and avocados as fruit, most people treat them as vegetables because they lack the sweetness associated with culinary fruit.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰruHg- Proto-Italic *frūgjōr Latin fruor Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin frūctus Old French fruitbor. Middle English fruyt English fruit From Middle English fruyt, frut (“fruits and vegetables”), from Old French fruit (“produce, fruits and vegetables”), from Latin frūctus (“enjoyment, proceeds, profits, produce, income”) and frūx (“crop, produce, fruit”) (compare Latin fruor (“have the benefit of, to use, to enjoy”)), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰruHg- (“to make use of, to have enjoyment of”). Cognate with English brook (“to bear, tolerate”) and German brauchen (“to need”). Displaced native Old English wæstm and Old English æppel. In the derogatory senses of “crazy person” and “homosexual or effeminate man”, possibly a shortening of fruitcake, or of independent origin, compare Fruit (slang).
Uncountable when referring to the food category in general; countable when referring to specific botanical types or varieties.
I bought many fruits at the market.I bought a lot of fruit at the market.When referring to a collection of food, 'fruit' is usually uncountable. Use the plural 'fruits' only when discussing different botanical species.