Kilo Lingo

fruit

/fruːt/

Line drawing of fruit
Coloured illustration of fruit
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Translation

The sweet part of a plant that holds the seeds and is good to eat.

Word origin

From Old French fruit, taken from the Latin word fructus meaning produce.

Origin
Old French
Root
fruit

Examples

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"Fruit" is the sweet food that grows on plants.

fresh .

Here "fruit" is the food ready to eat.

favourite .

Here "fruit" is the group that the apple belongs to.

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This word is part of lesson 11.