[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

fruit \fruit\, n. oe. fruit, frut, f. fruit, from l. fructus
   enjoyment, product, fruit, from frui, p. p. fructus, to
   enjoy; akin to e. brook, v. t. see brook, v. t., and cf.
   fructify, frugal.
   1. whatever is produced for the nourishment or enjoyment of
      man or animals by the processes of vegetable growth, as
      corn, grass, cotton, flax, etc.; -- commonly used in the
      plural.
      1913 webster

            six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather
            in the
            fruits thereof.                       --ex. xxiii.
                                                  10.
      1913 webster

   2. hort. the pulpy, edible seed vessels of certain plants,
      especially those grown on branches above ground, as
      apples, oranges, grapes, melons, berries, etc. see 3.
      1913 webster

   3. bot. the ripened ovary of a flowering plant, with its
      contents and whatever parts are consolidated with it.
      1913 webster

   note: fruits are classified as fleshy, drupaceous, and dry.
         fleshy fruits include berries, gourds, and melons,
         orangelike fruits and pomes; drupaceous fruits are
         stony within and fleshy without, as peaches, plums, and
         cherries; and dry fruits are further divided into
         achenes, follicles, legumes, capsules, nuts,
         and several other kinds.
         1913 webster

   4. bot. the spore cases or conceptacles of flowerless
      plants, as of ferns, mosses, algae, etc., with the spores
      contained in them.
      1913 webster

   6. the produce of animals; offspring; young; as, the fruit of
      the womb, of the loins, of the body.
      1913 webster

            king edward's fruit, true heir to the english crown.
                                                  --shak.
      1913 webster

   6. that which is produced; the effect or consequence of any
      action; advantageous or desirable product or result;
      disadvantageous or evil consequence or effect; as, the
      fruits of labor, of self-denial, of intemperance.
      1913 webster

            the fruit of rashness.                --shak.
      1913 webster

            what i obtained was the fruit of no bargain.
                                                  --burke.
      1913 webster

            they shall eat the fruit of their doings. --is. iii
                                                  10.
      1913 webster

            the fruits of this education became visible.
                                                  --macaulay.
      1913 webster

   note: fruit is frequently used adjectively, signifying of,
         for, or pertaining to a fruit or fruits; as, fruit bud;
         fruit frame; fruit jar; fruit knife; fruit loft; fruit
         show; fruit stall; fruit tree; etc.
         1913 webster

   fruit bat zool., one of the frugivora; -- called also
      fruit-eating bat.

   fruit bud bot., a bud that produces fruit; -- in most
      oplants the same as the power bud.

   fruit dot bot., a collection of fruit cases, as in ferns.
      see sorus.

   fruit fly zool., a small dipterous insect of the genus
      drosophila, which lives in fruit, in the larval state.
      there are seveal species, some of which are very damaging
      to fruit crops. one species, drosophila melanogaster,
      has been intensively studied as a model species for
      genetic reserach.

   fruit jar, a jar for holding preserved fruit, usually made
      of glass or earthenware.

   fruit pigeon zool., one of numerous species of pigeons of
      the family carpophagidae, inhabiting india, australia,
      and the pacific islands. they feed largely upon fruit. and
      are noted for their beautiful colors.

   fruit sugar chem., a kind of sugar occurring, naturally
      formed, in many ripe fruits, and in honey; levulose. the
      name is also, though rarely, applied to invert sugar, or
      to the natural mixture or dextrose and levulose resembling
      it, and found in fruits and honey.

   fruit tree hort., a tree cultivated for its edible fruit.
      

   fruit worm zool., one of numerous species of insect
      larvae: which live in the interior of fruit. they are
      mostly small species of lepidoptera and diptera.

   small fruits hort., currants, raspberries, strawberries,
      etc.
      1913 webster
see also:
brook fructify frugal fleshy fruits drupaceous fruits dry fruits 
achenes follicles legumes capsules nuts 
fruit bat fruit-eating bat fruit bud fruit dot sorus 
fruit fly drosophila drosophila melanogaster fruit jar fruit pigeon 
carpophagidae fruit sugar invert sugar fruit tree fruit worm 
small fruits 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

levulose \lev"ulose`\ le^v"-ul=os`, n. see levo-.
   chem.
   a sirupy variety of sugar, rarely obtained crystallized,
   occurring widely in honey, ripe fruits, etc., and hence
   called also fruit sugar; also called fructose. chemical
   formula: c6h12o6. it is called levulose, because it rotates
   the plane of polarization of light to the left, in contrast
   to dextrose, the other product of the hydrolysis of
   sucrose. written also laevulose.
   1913 webster +pjc

   note: it is obtained, together with an equal quantity of
         dextrose, by the inversion of ordinary cane or beet
         sugar, and hence, as being an ingredient of invert
         sugar, is often so called. it is fermentable, nearly as
         sweet as cane sugar, and is metameric with dextrose.
         cf. dextrose.
         1913 webster
see also:
levo- fruit sugar fructose c6h12o6 dextrose laevulose 
dextrose 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

sugar \sug"ar\, n. oe. sugre, f. sucre cf. it. zucchero, sp.
   az'ucar, fr. ar. sukkar, assukkar, fr. skr. ,carkar=a
   sugar, gravel; cf. per. shakar. cf. saccharine, sucrose.
   1. a sweet white or brownish yellow crystalline substance,
      of a sandy or granular consistency, obtained by
      crystallizing the evaporated juice of certain plants, as
      the sugar cane, sorghum, beet root, sugar maple, etc. it
      is used for seasoning and preserving many kinds of food
      and drink. ordinary sugar is essentially sucrose. see the
      note below.
      1913 webster

   note: the term sugar includes several commercial grades, as
         the white or refined, granulated, loaf or lump, and the
         raw brown or muscovado. in a more general sense, it
         includes several distinct chemical compounds, as the
         glucoses, or grape sugars including glucose proper,
         dextrose, and levulose, and the sucroses, or true
         sugars as cane sugar. all sugars are carbohydrates.
         see carbohydrate. the glucoses, or grape sugars, are
         ketone alcohols of the formula c6h12o6, and they turn
         the plane of polarization to the right or the left.
         they are produced from the amyloses and sucroses, as by
         the action of heat and acids of ferments, and are
         themselves decomposed by fermentation into alcohol and
         carbon dioxide. the only sugar called acrose as yet
         produced artificially belongs to this class. the
         sucroses, or cane sugars, are doubled glucose
         anhydrides of the formula c12h22o11. they are usually
         not fermentable as such cf. sucrose, and they act
         on polarized light.
         1913 webster

   2. by extension, anything resembling sugar in taste or
      appearance; as, sugar of lead lead acetate, a poisonous
      white crystalline substance having a sweet taste.
      1913 webster

   3. compliment or flattery used to disguise or render
      acceptable something obnoxious; honeyed or soothing words.
      colloq.
      1913 webster

   acorn sugar. see quercite.

   cane sugar, sugar made from the sugar cane; sucrose, or an
      isomeric sugar. see sucrose.

   diabetes sugar, or diabetic sugar med. chem., a variety
      of sugar grape sugar or dextrose excreted in the urine
      in diabetes mellitus; -- the presence of such a sugar in
      the urine is used to diagnose the illness.

   fruit sugar. see under fruit, and fructose.

   grape sugar, a sirupy or white crystalline sugar dextrose
      or glucose found as a characteristic ingredient of ripe
      grapes, and also produced from many other sources. see
      dextrose, and glucose.

   invert sugar. see under invert.

   malt sugar, a variety of sugar isomeric with sucrose, found
      in malt. see maltose.

   manna sugar, a substance found in manna, resembling, but
      distinct from, the sugars. see mannite.

   milk sugar, a variety of sugar characteristic of fresh
      milk, and isomeric with sucrose. see lactose.

   muscle sugar, a sweet white crystalline substance isomeric
      with, and formerly regarded to, the glucoses. it is found
      in the tissue of muscle, the heart, liver, etc. called
      also heart sugar. see inosite.

   pine sugar. see pinite.

   starch sugar com. chem., a variety of dextrose made by
      the action of heat and acids on starch from corn,
      potatoes, etc.; -- called also potato sugar, corn
      sugar, and, inaccurately, invert sugar. see dextrose,
      and glucose.

   sugar barek, one who refines sugar.

   sugar beet bot., a variety of beet beta vulgaris with
      very large white roots, extensively grown, esp. in europe,
      for the sugar obtained from them.

   sugar berry bot., the hackberry.

   sugar bird zool., any one of several species of small
      south american singing birds of the genera coereba,
      dacnis, and allied genera belonging to the family
      coerebidae. they are allied to the honey eaters.

   sugar bush. see sugar orchard.

   sugar camp, a place in or near a sugar orchard, where maple
      sugar is made.

   sugar candian, sugar candy. obs.

   sugar candy, sugar clarified and concreted or crystallized;
      candy made from sugar.

   sugar cane bot., a tall perennial grass saccharum
      officinarium, with thick short-jointed stems. it has
      been cultivated for ages as the principal source of sugar.
      

   sugar loaf.
      a a loaf or mass of refined sugar, usually in the form
          of a truncated cone.
      b a hat shaped like a sugar loaf.
          1913 webster

                why, do not or know you, grannam, and that sugar
                loaf?                             --j. webster.
          1913 webster

   sugar maple bot., the rock maple acer saccharinum.
      see maple.

   sugar mill, a machine for pressing out the juice of the
      sugar cane, usually consisting of three or more rollers,
      between which the cane is passed.

   sugar mite. zool.
      a a small mite tyroglyphus sacchari, often found in
          great numbers in unrefined sugar.
      b the lepisma.

   sugar of lead. see sugar, 2, above.

   sugar of milk. see under milk.

   sugar orchard, a collection of maple trees selected and
      preserved for purpose of obtaining sugar from them; --
      called also, sometimes, sugar bush. u.s. --bartlett.

   sugar pine bot., an immense coniferous tree pinus
      lambertiana of california and oregon, furnishing a soft
      and easily worked timber. the resinous exudation from the
      stumps, etc., has a sweetish taste, and has been used as a
      substitute for sugar.

   sugar squirrel zool., an australian flying phalanger
      belideus sciureus, having a long bushy tail and a
      large parachute. it resembles a flying squirrel. see
      illust. under phlanger.

   sugar tongs, small tongs, as of silver, used at table for
      taking lumps of sugar from a sugar bowl.

   sugar tree. bot. see sugar maple, above.
      1913 webster
see also:
saccharine sucrose carbohydrate c6h12o6 c12h22o11 acorn sugar 
quercite cane sugar diabetes sugar diabetic sugar fruit sugar 
fruit fructose grape sugar dextrose glucose 
invert sugar invert malt sugar maltose manna sugar 
mannite milk sugar lactose muscle sugar heart sugar 
inosite pine sugar pinite starch sugar potato sugar 
corn sugar invert sugar sugar barek sugar beet beta vulgaris 
sugar berry sugar bird coereba dacnis coerebidae 
sugar bush sugar orchard sugar camp sugar candian sugar candy 
sugar cane saccharum officinarium sugar loaf sugar maple acer saccharinum 
maple sugar mill sugar mite tyroglyphus sacchari sugar of lead 
sugar sugar of milk milk sugar bush sugar pine 
pinus lambertiana sugar squirrel belideus sciureus phlanger sugar tongs 
sugar tree 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

fruit sugar
     n : a simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits syn:
         fructose, levulose, laevulose
see also:
fructose levulose laevulose 

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Sugar >> S Words
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Sugar Beet >> S Words
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Sugar Cane >> S Words
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Fruit Fly >> F Words
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Fruit Juice >> F Words
Fruit Juice, definition of term: Fruit Juice
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Forbidden Fruit >> F Words
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Citrus Fruit >> C Words
Citrus Fruit, definition of term: Citrus Fruit
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Bear Fruit >> B Words
Bear Fruit, definition of term: Bear Fruit
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Star Fruit >> S Words
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