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fructifier

[fruhk-tuh-fahy-er, froo k-, frook-]

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noun

a person or thing that fructifies: Fructifiers were added to enrich the dirt.

Origin of fructifier

First recorded in 1825–35; fructify + -er¹

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Examples from the Web for fructifier

Historical Examples of fructifier

As a fructifier of patriotism the importance of this ceremony cannot be easily overestimated.
The Sea Rovers
Rufus Rockwell Wilson
As such he is akin to or identical with Inuus (“fructifier”) and Lupercus (see Lupercalia).
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2
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