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

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fructifier

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 The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species by Charles Darwin

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 In Mesopotamia by Maurice Nicoll