fruit-bearing

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act or process of bearing or producing fruit.
adj
  1. Bearing fruit.

Word forms

fruit-bearing fruit-bearings fruitbearing

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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