fruit-bearing
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editfruit-bearing (plural fruit-bearings)
- The act or process of bearing or producing fruit.
Adjective
editfruit-bearing (not comparable)
- (of a species of tree, a specific tree, a branch, etc.) Bearing fruit.
Translations
editbearing fruit
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References
edit- “fruit-bearing”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.