fruit-bearing
Meanings
noun
- The act or process of bearing or producing fruit.
adj
- Bearing fruit.
Word forms
Etymology
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”).
Synonyms
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