Meanings
nounfruit tree (plural fruit trees)
plural fruit trees · alternative dated fruit-tree
- A tree that bears a crop of edible fruit on a regular basis.
The countryside of eastern Bohemia is cultivated intensely. Fruit trees grow thickly alongside the roads instead of the hawthorn hedges common in England.
1947 January and February, Gerald Druce (Jun.), “A Journey on the "Slovak Arrow"”, in Railway Magazine, page 17
Translations
Afrikaans vrugteboom
- vrugtebooma tree that bears a crop of edible fruit on a regular basis
Bulgarian овошка
- овошка (ovoška)a tree that bears a crop of edible fruit on a regular basis
Catalan fruiter
- fruitera tree that bears a crop of edible fruit on a regular basis
Chinese Mandarin 果樹 /果树
- 果樹 /果树 (guǒshù)a tree that bears a crop of edible fruit on a regular basis
Danish frugttræ
- frugttræa tree that bears a crop of edible fruit on a regular basis
Dutch fruitboom
- fruitbooma tree that bears a crop of edible fruit on a regular basis
Finnish hedelmäpuu
- hedelmäpuua tree that bears a crop of edible fruit on a regular basis
French arbre fruitier
- arbre fruitiera tree that bears a crop of edible fruit on a regular basis
German Obstbaum
- Obstbauma tree that bears a crop of edible fruit on a regular basis
Hungarian gyümölcsfa
- gyümölcsfaa tree that bears a crop of edible fruit on a regular basis
Icelandic ávaxtatré
- ávaxtatréa tree that bears a crop of edible fruit on a regular basis
Italian albero da frutto
- albero da fruttoa tree that bears a crop of edible fruit on a regular basis
Japanese 果樹
- 果樹 (kaju)a tree that bears a crop of edible fruit on a regular basis
Korean 과수
- 과수 (gwasu)a tree that bears a crop of edible fruit on a regular basis
Latin pōmus
- pōmusa tree that bears a crop of edible fruit on a regular basis
Latvian augļu koks
- augļu koksa tree that bears a crop of edible fruit on a regular basis
Lithuanian vaismedis
- vaismedisa tree that bears a crop of edible fruit on a regular basis
Māori rākau whai hua
- rākau whai huaa tree that bears a crop of edible fruit on a regular basis
Norwegian Bokmål frukttre
- frukttrea tree that bears a crop of edible fruit on a regular basis
Polish drzewo owocowe
- drzewo owocowea tree that bears a crop of edible fruit on a regular basis
Portuguese árvore frutífera, fruteira
- árvore frutíferaa tree that bears a crop of edible fruit on a regular basis
- fruteiraa tree that bears a crop of edible fruit on a regular basis
Romanian pom
- poma tree that bears a crop of edible fruit on a regular basis
Russian плодо́вое де́рево, фрукто́вое де́рево
- плодо́вое де́рево (plodóvoje dérevo)a tree that bears a crop of edible fruit on a regular basis
- фрукто́вое де́рево (fruktóvoje dérevo)a tree that bears a crop of edible fruit on a regular basis
Scottish Gaelic meas-chraobh, craobh-mheas
- meas-chraobha tree that bears a crop of edible fruit on a regular basis
- craobh-mheasa tree that bears a crop of edible fruit on a regular basis
Spanish árbol frutal
- árbol frutala tree that bears a crop of edible fruit on a regular basis
Swahili mti wa matunda
- mti wa matundaa tree that bears a crop of edible fruit on a regular basis
Swedish fruktträd
- fruktträda tree that bears a crop of edible fruit on a regular basis
Turkish meyve ağacı
- meyve ağacıa tree that bears a crop of edible fruit on a regular basis
Vietnamese cây ăn quả, cây ăn trái
- cây ăn quảa tree that bears a crop of edible fruit on a regular basis
- cây ăn tráia tree that bears a crop of edible fruit on a regular basis
Yiddish פֿרוכטבוים
- פֿרוכטבוים (frukhtboym)a tree that bears a crop of edible fruit on a regular basis
Cite this entry
APA
fruit tree. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fruit%20tree
MLA
“fruit tree.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fruit%20tree. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fruit tree,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fruit%20tree.
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