Fruit (disambiguation)

Fruit (disambiguation)

A fruit (from Latin "fructus" "enjoyment, profit") is the ripened ovary of a flowering plant.

Fruit may also refer to:
* Fruit (band), an indie rock band from Australia
* Fruit (chess engine), a computer chess program
* Fruit (slang) as well as "fruitcake" and variations (like fruit-fly) are usually derogatory slurs for gay and effeminate men (or LGBT people); concurrent definitions are more genial
* , a book by Valerie Bloom
* "Fruits" (magazine), a Japanese fashion magazine
** The books "Fruits" (2001) and "Fresh Fruits" (2005) based on the magazine

ee also

* Fruitcake
* Fructus


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