فَاكِهَةٌ
1.
a word of well-known meaning, (S,) Fruit, of any kind; (K;) a thing, or things, the eating whereof is enjoyed, (Mgh, Msb,) whether moist or dry, as figs and melons and raisins and pomegranates: (Msb:) [the words, of the Qur'an, 55:68, فِيهِمَا فَاكِهَةٌ وَنَخْلٌ وَرُمَّانٌ have caused it to be much and vainly disputed whether dates and pomegranates be, or be not, included among the things termed فاكهة: it seems to be the general opinion of the lexicologists that they are included; but the contrary opinion is held by many of the lawyers, and by the Imám Aboo- Haneefeh among them:] the plural is فَوَاكِهُ, meaning kinds thereof. (S.)
2.
And (by way of comparison [thereto], TA) (tropical:) Sweetmeat; synonym حَلْوَاء; (K;) which is also applied by some to “ fruit ” (فاكهة), (T in article حلو,) or to “ sweet fruit. ” (K in that article)
3.
And فَاكِهَةُ الشِّتَاءِ [lit. The fruit of winter] is metonymically used as meaning (tropical:) the fire. (Har p. 594.)