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fruit (esp. pl.) vegetable products gen. XII; edible products of a tree; (arch.) offspring; produce, product XIII. — (O)F. :- L. frūctus (enjoyment of) the produce of the soil, fruit, revenue, f. *frūg-, base of fruī enjoy, perh. orig. feed on, frūēs ‘fruits’ of the earth; cf. BROOK2.
So fruit vb. bear fruit. XIV. fruiterer XV. Extension with -ER1 of fruiter (XV) — (O)F. fruitier (see -ER2). fruitful XIII. fruitless ineffectual XIV; unproductive XV; unavailing XIX.

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