fruitage

[froo-tij]

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noun

the bearing of fruit: soil additives to hasten the fruitage.

fruits collectively.

product or result: This year's fruitage was of better quality.

Origin of fruitage

1570–80; < Middle French fruit(er) to bear fruit + -age -age

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Related Words for fruitage

production, goods, crop, output, product, produce, yield, intake, result, outgrowth, outcome, harvest, greengrocery, outturn, vintage, gathering, reaping, gleaning, byproduct, fruits

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Historical Examples of fruitage

It was his function to promote the development and fruitage of plants.
Unwritten Literature of Hawaii
Nathaniel Bright Emerson
Where is that fruitage now, where in particular are the peaches d'antan?
A Small Boy and Others
Henry James
This book is the fruitage of all the years of your faith and work.
The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2)
Ida Husted Harper
The fruitage afforded by these sounds is both manifold and of price.
Continental Monthly, Vol. I., No. IV., April, 1862
Various
Plants are thus kept in the dark in order to reserve their fruitage for a fitter season.
Legends of the Saxon Saints
Aubrey de Vere

British Dictionary definitions for fruitage

fruitage

noun

the process, state, or season of producing fruit

fruit collectively

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