Definition of fruit-dove:
(n) :
The seed-bearing part of a plant; often edible, colourful, fragrant, and sweet or sour; produced from a floral ovary after fertilization.
(n) :
(botany) A product of fertilization in a plant, specifically:
(n) :
Any sweet or sour, edible part of a plant that resembles seed-bearing fruit (see former sense) even if it does not develop from a floral ovary.
(n) :
A sweet or sweetish vegetable, such as the petioles of rhubarb, that resembles a true fruit or is used in cookery as if it was a fruit.
(n) :
An end result, effect, or consequence; advantageous or disadvantageous result.
(v) :
To produce fruit, seeds, or spores.