Meanings
plural fruit-bearings · alternative fruitbearing
- countableuncountableThe act or process of bearing or producing fruit.
alternative fruitbearing
- not comparablebiologyOf a species of tree, a specific tree, a branch, etc., bearing fruit.
Synonyms: fructiferous
- broadlyfigurativelynot comparableProductive, rewarding, or beneficial.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf a species of tree, a specific tree, a branch, etc., bearing fruit.
Origin
- Middle English*fruit-berende
- Englishfruit-bearing
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”).
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan fruiter, fructífer
- fruiterbearing fruit
- fructíferbearing fruit
Finnish hedelmää kantava
- hedelmää kantavabearing fruit
French fruitier, fructifère
- fruitierbearing fruit
- fructifèrebearing fruit
Hungarian gyümölcstermő
- gyümölcstermőbearing fruit
Latin pōmifer
- pōmiferbearing fruit
Polish owocowy, owoconośny
- owocowybearing fruit
- owoconośnybearing fruit
Russian плодоно́сный, плодонося́щий
- плодоно́сный (plodonósnyj)bearing fruit
- плодонося́щий (plodonosjáščij)bearing fruit
Welsh ffrwyth-ddwyn
- ffrwyth-ddwynbearing fruit
Cite this entry
fruit-bearing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fruit-bearing
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