fruit drop

British  

noun

1. the premature shedding of fruit from a tree before fully ripe

2. a boiled sweet with a fruity flavour

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Example Sentences

In 2012, after greening and fruit drop decimated citrus crops, Rogers ordered the overwhelming majority of the lab’s 25 professors and 250 staffers to stop whatever they were doing to focus on HLB.

From Washington Post • Nov. 9, 2019

In the heart of remote Ile-à-Vache, an island off Haiti’s southern coast, you’ll hear the fruit drop from branches.

From Slate • Apr. 22, 2016

"We just hope now that it doesn't get too warm because that could make the trees shed their leaves and make the fruit drop," Royce said.

From Reuters • Dec. 29, 2010

Early guesstimates provided by growers to the industry group Florida Citrus Mutual indicate a 5% fruit drop among affected groves, with that number likely to increase if there's long term root damage.

From Time Magazine Archive

As you pare each piece of fruit drop it into a dish of cold water.

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson