fruit-bearing
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English *fruit-berende, *fruit-berand (found in compounds: olife froite berand, oliue fruitberand), equivalent to fruit + bearing. Compare Old English wæstmbǣre (literally “fruit-bearing”).
Noun[edit]
fruit-bearing (plural fruit-bearings)
- The act or process of bearing or producing fruit.
Adjective[edit]
fruit-bearing (not comparable)
- (of a species of tree, a specific tree, a branch, etc.) Bearing fruit.
Translations[edit]
bearing fruit
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References[edit]
- “fruit-bearing”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.