noun
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the process, state, or season of producing fruit
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fruit collectively
Etymology
Origin of fruitage
1570–80; < Middle French fruit ( er ) to bear fruit + -age -age
Example Sentences
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But if religion is to have its full value as a 'last resort' in times of peril or affliction, it must have deep rootage, broad leafage and ample fruitage in the normal circumstances of life.
From Time Magazine Archive
If there is the proper balance between summer pruning and winter pruning, combined with proper control of cultivation and fertilization, then the balance between vegetation and fruitage can be kept up.
From Dwarf Fruit Trees Their propagation, pruning, and general management, adapted to the United States and Canada by Waugh, F. A.
Oranges, lemons, and figs in full fruitage overhung the highway.
From The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza by Boyd, Mary Stuart
If one of these essential elements be lacking, the result is fatal to the fruitage.
From Farm Boys and Girls by McKeever, William Arch
Nearly all its blossoms fell off without fruitage.
From A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. by Bartlett, William Chauncey
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