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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Bearing fruit.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Bearing or producing fruit.

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  • adjective bearing fruit

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Latin frūctifer (frūctus, fruit; see fruit + -fer, -fer) + –ous.]

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