Fruiting

fruit (fr

n. pl. fruit or fruits

a. The ripened ovary or ovaries of a seed-bearing plant, together with accessory parts, containing the seeds and occurring in a wide variety of forms.

b. An edible, usually sweet and fleshy form of such a structure.

c. A part or an amount of such a plant product, served as food: fruit for dessert.

2. The fertile, often spore-bearing structure of a plant that does not bear seeds.

3. A plant crop or product: the fruits of the earth.

4. Result; outcome: the fruit of their labor.

5. Offspring; progeny.

6. A fruity aroma or flavor in a wine.

7. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a homosexual man.

intr. & tr.v. fruit·ed, fruit·ing, fruits

To produce or cause to produce fruit.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin frctus, enjoyment, fruit, from past participle of fru, to enjoy.]

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Adj.

fruiting - capable of bearing fruit

mature - having reached full natural growth or development; "a mature cell"

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accessory fruit
aggregate fruit
carambola
Chinese gooseberry
citrus
custard apple
drupe
edible fruit
false fruit
fruit
fruit bat
fruit cocktail
fruit cup
fruit tree
genipap fruit
granadilla
hog plum
Japanese plum
kiwi fruit

The gigantic fruiting potential of a Chinese strawberry planting could also offer food and shade for domestic animals and a source of inexpensive food for wildlife.

The Chinese Strawberry Tree (Chinese Mulberry Tree), Cudrania ... by Pat Malcolm / Home improvement and landscaping community

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