Real Dictionary

fruit
variable noun: Fruit or a fruit is something which grows on a tree or bush and which contains seeds or a stone covered by a substance that you can eat.

fruit in American Englishesp collectively
to bear or cause to bear fruit
noun: any product of plant growth useful to humans or animals

fruit in British English
noun: the ripened ovary of a flowering plant, containing one or more seeds. It may be dry, as in the poppy, or fleshy, as in the peach
verb: to bear or cause to bear fruit