fructescence

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin fructus (fruit) + -escence.

Noun

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fructescence (countable and uncountable, plural fructescences)

  1. (botany) The maturing or ripening of fruit.
    • 1793, Thomas Martyn, The Language of Botany:
      Fructescence, or the fruiting season , is the time when vegetables scatter their ripe seeds

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