(mycology) Synonym of ascocarp

present participle of bear fruit

The act or process of bearing or producing fruit.

(of a species of tree, a specific tree, a branch, etc.) Bearing fruit.

Any of the fruits in the common genus Citrus of flowering plants in the family Rutaceae.

(Britain, gambling) A slot machine, especially one having spinning wheels marked with pictures of fruit.

(US, law, idiomatic) Evidence that has been obtained as the result of an illegal act on the part of law enforcement personnel (such as a warrantless search, or continued questioning of a witness who has invoked the right of counsel), and which is therefore excluded from being admitted as evidence in a trial.

(chiefly literary, idiomatic) One's child or, collectively, one's children or descendants.

A type of fruit fly capable of wreaking extensive damage, Ceratitis capitata.

An edible cake or bar created by compounding seeds, nuts, berries, insects (crickets, katydids, and/or ants) together, eaten by Amerindians and early pioneer settlers, and Mormons, of the dry western Great Plains and Rockies foothills, especially around the region of the Great Salt Lake. It is one of the traditional survival foods passed from the Amerinds to the white newcomers for surviving winter starvation.