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- Dictionaryfruiting/ˈfruːtɪŋ/
noun
- 1. the process of a tree or other plant producing fruit: "cover strawberries with cloches to encourage early fruiting"
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FRUITING definition: 1. present participle of fruit 2. When a plant fruits, it produces fruit: . Learn more.
FRUITING meaning: 1. present participle of fruit 2. When a plant fruits, it produces fruit: . Learn more.
A fruit is the soft, pulpy part of a flowering plant that contains seeds. It is formed from the ovaries of angiosperms and is exclusive only to this group of plants. Fruits are classified into four types namely: Simple fruits. Aggregate fruits. Multiple fruits.
1. a. The ripened ovary or ovaries of a seed-bearing plant, together with accessory parts, containing the seeds and occurring in a wide variety of forms. b. An edible, usually sweet and fleshy form of such a structure. c. A part or an amount of such a plant product, served as food: fruit for dessert. 2.
: the usually edible reproductive body of a seed plant. especially : one having a sweet pulp associated with the seed. the fruit of the tree. (2) : a succulent (see succulent entry 1 sense 1c) plant part (such as the petioles (see petiole sense 1) of a rhubarb plant) used chiefly in a dessert or sweet course. c.
Definitions of fruiting. adjective. capable of bearing fruit. synonyms: mature. having reached full natural growth or development. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Fruiting." Vocabulary.com Dictionary, Vocabulary.com, https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/fruiting. Accessed 09 Nov. 2024. Copy citation. Examples from books and articles.
Fruiting refers to the process in which a plant or tree produces fruit, which is typically a matured ovary containing seeds. This process usually occurs after the plant has flowered and has been pollinated. It is a crucial stage in the reproductive cycle of many plants and trees.
fruiting typically occurs about 0.05 times per million words in modern written English. fruiting is in frequency band 3, which contains words occurring between 0.01 and 0.1 times per million words in modern written English. More about OED's frequency bands
Aug 29, 2023 · fruiting (countable and uncountable, plural fruitings) (countable) A fruiting body. (uncountable) The act of producing fruit, seeds, or spores; fructification. (uncountable, aviation) The occurrence of FRUIT (false replies unsynchronized/uncorrelated in time).
The earliest known use of the adjective fruiting is in the late 1700s. OED's earliest evidence for fruiting is from 1778, in a letter by William Cowper, poet and letter-writer. fruiting is formed within English, by derivation.
