fruit
noun
any product of plant growth useful to humans or animals.
has fruited
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present perfectof fruit (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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It is indigenous here, and wild, but never bears seeds, and is propagated solely by suckers, which spring up when the parent plant has fruited, or by cuttings.
From The Hawaiian Archipelago by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird
A noble and distinct Pine, good specimens of which are at Tregothnan and Menabilly, where it has fruited.
From Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens by Ernest Thomas Cook
This variety has fruited 3 years in succession and has matured well-filled nuts every year.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting Battle Creek, Michigan, September 10 and 11, 1934 by Northern Nut Growers Association
Plants are occasionally seen in cultivated grounds, and I have one in my garden growing in a sheltered position, where it has fruited for several years.
From The Nut Culturist A Treatise on Propogation, Planting, and Cultivation of Nut Bearing Trees and Shrubs Adapted to the Climate of the United States by Andrew S. Fuller
It will not be determined, however, that this is the genuine Marquardt until it has fruited.
From Growing Nuts in the North A Personal Story of the Author's Experience of 33 Years with Nut Culture in Minnesota and Wisconsin by Carl Weschcke
