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fruitly en · ADJ

Etymology

From fruit + -ly.

Meanings

1. (rare) Of or pertaining to fruit; fruity; fruitful
   • This prince was called Phyllian, a prince Whose prowess was a theme upon those seas, Who from the time of youth, and ever since, Had ruled those islands, and their fruitly trees Protected from the spoiler that would seize […] 1879, Henry Rolfe, Illya, page 4:
   • What makes a plenteous harvest, when to turn The fruitly soil, and when to sow the corn. 1775, Robert Anderson, The Works of the British Poets:
   • Later on, in the heat of summer, fruitly flavour, open and soft texture and gassy cheese were the cause of many No. 2 grades. 1933, Dairymen's Association of the Province of Quebec, Report, volumes 51-54, page 6:
   • The most fruitly limbs of some family trees are grafts. 1913, The Indicator, volume 39, page 70:

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