fructescence

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noun

The maturing or ripening of fruit.

OriginLatin fructus →
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Meanings

nounfructescence (countable and uncountable, plural fructescences)

plural fructescences

  1. countableuncountablebiologyThe maturing or ripening of fruit.

    Fructescence, or the fruiting season , is the time when vegetables scatter their ripe seeds

    1793, Thomas Martyn, The Language of Botany

Origin

  1. Latinfructus“fruit”
  2. Englishfructescence

From Latin fructus (“fruit”) + -escence.

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APA

fructescence. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fructescence

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“fructescence.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fructescence. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fructescence,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fructescence.

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