fructifier

American  

[fruhk-tuh-fahy-er, frook-, frook-] / ˈfrʌk təˌfaɪ ər, ˈfrʊk-, ˈfruk- /

noun

1. a person or thing that fructifies.

   Fructifiers were added to enrich the dirt.

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Etymology

Origin of fructifier

First recorded in 1825–35; fructify + -er ¹

Example Sentences

After the heat of the day, when the sun has seemed a destroyer rather than a fructifier, the slender crescent rising over the plain is like a girl dressed in silver.

From Project Gutenberg

According to M. Boisduval, an Italian species, V. Ruppii, never bears in France "des fleurs bien apparentes, ce qui ne l'empeche pas de fructifier."

From Project Gutenberg