(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) The pulpy, edible seed vessels of certain plants, especially those grown on branches above ground, as apples, oranges, grapes, melons, berries, etc. See 3.
(v. t.) The ripened ovary of a flowering plant, with its contents and whatever parts are consolidated with it.
(v. t.) The spore cases or conceptacles of flowerless plants, as of ferns, mosses, algae, etc., with the spores contained in them.
(v. t.) The produce of animals; offspring; young; as, the fruit of the womb, of the loins, of the body.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. i.) To bear fruit.
Example Sentences:
(1) The recent rise in manufacturing has been welcomed by George Osborne as a sign that his economic policies are bearing fruit.
(2) 4) Parents imagined that fruit drinks, carbonated beverages and beverages with lactic acid promoted tooth decay.
(3) Severe fruit rot of guava due to Phytophthora nicotianae var.
(4) Instead, they say, we should only eat plenty of lean meat and fish, with fruit and raw vegetables on the side.
(5) Fruiting revertants of these strains accumulate wild-type levels of alpha-mannosidase-1 activity, suggesting that both the enzymatic and morphological defects are caused by single mutations in nonstructural genes essential for early development.
(6) Further evidence showing that the fruit of the black nightshade contains acetylcholine was obtained by chromatographic separation of the aqueous extract.
(7) Strong positive associations were found in both sexes for low fruit and vegetable consumption, high intake of salted meat and "mate" ingestion.
(8) We therefore surveyed patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) regarding early adult consumption of fruits and vegetables usually eaten raw, with seeds that are swallowed or scraped with the teeth.
(9) Phil Barlow Nottingham • Reading about the problems caused by a lack of toilets reminded me of the harvest camps my father’s Birmingham school organised in the Vale of Evesham during the war, where the sixth-formers spent weeks picking fruit and vegetables on farms.
(10) Scott insisted he was an abstract painter in the way he felt Chardin was too: the pans and fruit were uninteresting in themselves; they were merely "the means of making a picture", which was a study in space, form and colour.
(11) It is not likely that this is going to be fruitful.
(12) Dietary recommendations for cancer prevention advise reduced intake of fat; increased intake of fruits, vegetables, and grains; and moderate intake of alcohol and salt-cured, salt-pickled, and smoked foods.
(13) The latest filed accounts show Coates and her family have started to enjoy the fruits of their labour, sharing almost £75m in dividends over three years.
(14) During development of tomato fruit, most DNA-protein interactions in the rbcS promoter regions disappear, coincident with the transcriptional inactivation of the rbcS genes.
(15) Four years on from that speech, his strategy is bearing fruit – in a less than palatable way.
(16) (2) The Bunsen-Roscoe Law of Reciprocity was found to hold for the photoinduction of fruiting bodies for the interval 36 to 2000 sec with light of 448 nm.
(17) However, the tip cells are slow to differentiate, and hence immature fruiting bodies contain a small population of undifferentiated tip cells.
(18) The data suggest that a learning approach to the origins of attentional biases in anxious subjects might be fruitful.
(19) From Tuesday, the Neckarsulm-based grocer will be the official supplier of water, fish, fruit and vegetables for Roy Hodgson’s boys under a multimillion-pound three-year deal with the Football Association.
(20) In order to uncover the role of G proteins in the integrative functioning and development of the nervous system, we have begun a multidisciplinary study of the G proteins present in the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster.
Rhubarb
Definition:
(n.) The name of several large perennial herbs of the genus Rheum and order Polygonaceae.
(n.) The large and fleshy leafstalks of Rheum Rhaponticum and other species of the same genus. They are pleasantly acid, and are used in cookery. Called also pieplant.
(n.) The root of several species of Rheum, used much as a cathartic medicine.
Example Sentences:
(1) When it's serving time, use a good serrated knife to saw cleanly through the rhubarb.
(2) From lettuce and string beans quercetin was isolated (after chemical hydrolysis) and in rhubarb emodin, an anthraquinon, was detected.
(3) Proanthocyanidins (dimers and oligomers of polyhydroxy-flavan-3-ols) were only found in the testa of broad beans, beans, and peas with coloured flowers, and in rhubarb stalks.
(4) Jane's favourite combos are: rhubarb and strawberry, rhubarb and raspberry, and plum and blackberry.
(5) The results suggested that: (1) the virus may be one of pathogenetic factor of the hemorrhagic pancreatitis; (2) the rhubarb was effective in the treatment of hemorrhagic pancreatitis under our experimental conditions.
(6) An earlier version of the rhubarb self-saucing pudding failed to add the milk in the listed ingredients and how and when to do it.
(7) As soon as it has melted, add the rhubarb and cook over a low heat until just tender.
(8) The fryingpan should be large enough to hold the pork and rhubarb fairly snugly.
(9) The custard base and rhubarb can cook at the same time.
(10) The first group included beef and fish broths, boiled meat, rye bread, cabbage, tomato, apple, cherry and black currant juices, rhubarb infusion, fresh kefir, carrot and pumpkin purees.
(11) Recipe supplied by Bronte Aurell, Scandi Kitchen, scandikitchen.co.uk Vanilla-fried rhubarb on sugar brioche Almost like jam on toast, the rich sugary brioche is a good backdrop to the sharp rhubarb.
(13) 9 Spread the meringue over the rhubarb, using the back of a spoon to create some peaks and swirls and place in the hot oven for 15-20 minutes or until the meringue topping is golden brown.
(14) Burr, 38, who also holds a first-class degree in biodiversity and conservation from London’s Birkbeck College, has been heralded as the favourite to win not least because he has been named star baker a record five times, particularly impressing Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood in doughnut week with his rhubarb and custard zeppole.
(15) In the main study the foods were either (a) divided into the calculated bite-size normal portions or (b) the portions were mashed (rhubarb pie), untreated (rice) or finely ground (raw carrot).
(16) The above description indicate that Rhubarb could promote immune response.
(17) One guest said the food – smoked rainbow trout, pan-fried guinea fowl, rhubarb and elderflower tart – wasn't memorable.
(18) Among several hydroxylated metabolites of emodin, a fungal anthraquinone and constituent of rhubarb, 2-hydroxyemodin was a direct-acting mutagen showing a large electron-spin resonance (ESR) signal in the presence of DNA, especially at alkaline pH.
(19) 4 Spread the rhubarb into the base of the prepared dish and spoon the batter on top.
(20) Once it has started to colour, divide between four plates, then top with the rhubarb and butter.