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fruit-bearing en · ADJ

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”).

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of a species of tree, a specific tree, a branch, etc., bearing fruit.
2. (broadly, figuratively, not-comparable) Productive, rewarding, or beneficial.

Forms

Synonyms

fructiferous

Translations (13)

hu gyümölcstermő (bearing fruit) · ru плодонося́щий (bearing fruit) · ru плодоно́сный (bearing fruit) · la pōmifer (bearing fruit) · pl owoconośny (bearing fruit) · fi hedelmää kantava (bearing fruit) · cy ffrwyth-ddwyn (bearing fruit) · pl owocowy (bearing fruit) · fr fruitier (bearing fruit) · ca fruiter (bearing fruit) · fr fructifère (bearing fruit) · hy մրգատու (bearing fruit) · ca fructífer (bearing fruit)

fruit-bearing en · NOUN

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”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act or process of bearing or producing fruit.

Forms