fructescence

English

Etymology

From Latin fructus (“fruit”) + -escence.

Noun

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

References

• “fructescence”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.