fruit tree

American  

noun

1. a tree bearing edible fruit.

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fruit tree British  

noun

1. any tree that bears edible fruit

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Etymology

Origin of fruit tree

First recorded in 1570–80

Example Sentences

In the shady hills of Appalachia, a small fruit tree grows in the shadow of taller oaks and maples.

From Salon • Aug. 14, 2024

The fruit tree map revealed the full extent of the fruit puzzle faced by animals, but the scientists still needed to test how efficiently mammals with different brain sizes visited these trees.

From Science Daily • May 28, 2024

On rainy nights on the verdant coastal plains outside Rio de Janeiro, groups of tree frogs sometimes gather around the pearly white flowers of the milk fruit tree.

From Scientific American • May 6, 2023

Since a fruit tree takes a fair commitment of time and space, it pays to plan before you plant.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 3, 2023

Then, on the sea-coast, within a foreign vessel’s reach, not an animal, not a fruit tree, had been left.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White