Meaning

1 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act or process of bearing or producing fruit.

Origin

From Middle English *fruit-berende, *fruit-berand (found in compounds: olife froite berand

From Middle English *fruit-berende, *fruit-berand (found in compounds: olife froite berand, oliue fruitberand), equivalent to fruit + bearing. Compare Old English wæstmbǣre (literally “fruit-bearing”).

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Forms

plural: fruit-bearings

See also

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