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Fruiting
see synonyms of fruitingAdjective
1. fruiting
capable of bearing fruit
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Fruiting
see synonyms of fruitingnoun
1. botany
the ripened ovary of a flowering plant, containing one or more seeds. It may be dry, as in the poppy, or fleshy, as in the peach
2.
any fleshy part of a plant, other than the above structure, that supports the seeds
and is edible, such as the strawberry
3.
the specialized spore-producing structure of plants that do not bear seeds
4.
any plant product useful to man, including grain, vegetables, etc
5. (often plural)
the result or consequence of an action or effort
6. British old-fashioned, slang
chap; fellow: used as a term of address
7. slang, mainly British
a person considered to be eccentric or insane
8. slang, mainly US and Canadian
a male homosexual
9. archaic
offspring of man or animals; progeny
verb
10.
to bear or cause to bear fruit
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Fruiting
see synonyms of fruiting nounWord forms: plural fruit or fruits
1.
any plant product, as grain, flax, vegetables, etc.
usually used in pl.2.
the edible plant structure of a mature ovary of a flowering plant, usually eaten raw: many fruits which are not sweet, as tomatoes, beans, green peppers, etc., are popularly called vegetables
3.
the quality of being fruity (sense 1) fruity (sense 1b); fruitiness
said of wine4.
the result, product, or consequence of any action
fruit of hard work
5. US, Slang
a male homosexual
term of contempt or derision6. Archaic
the young of animals or man
7. Botany
the mature ovary of a flowering plant, together with its contents, and any closely connected parts, as the whole peach, pea pod, cucumber, etc.
see also true fruit, false fruit verb intransitive, verb transitive
8.
to bear or cause to bear fruit
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Fruiting
see synonyms of fruitingn. pl. fruit or 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 fertile, often spore-bearing structure of a plant that does not bear seeds.
3. A plant crop or product: the fruits of the earth.
4. Result; outcome: the fruit of their labor.
5. Offspring; progeny.
6. A fruity aroma or flavor in a wine.
7. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a gay man.
intr. & tr.v. fruit·ed, fruit·ing, fruits
To produce or cause to produce fruit.
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