fruitling

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noun

A small or immature fruit.

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Meanings

nounfruitling (plural fruitlings)

plural fruitlings

  1. A small or immature fruit.

    Any man of common right feeling will love and cherish her who is his own, as I this woman, with my whole heart, though she was but a fruitling of my spear.

    2012, Homer, The Iliad - Page 102

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
fruitlet

Origin

From fruit + -ling.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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