fruit tree

American  

noun

fruit trees plural

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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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• fruit trees
  plural

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

If this information has merely whetted your appetite and you still want all of the trees, there is a way — a trick Olson says fruit tree growers are doing to maximize their acreage.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 3, 2023

While this was happening, the boy had the time to reach up for his drum from the branch of the fruit tree.

From "The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa" by Alexander Mccall Smith