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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The fruiting of a plant; also, the time when the fruit, of a plant attains maturity; the fruiting season.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Bot.), rare The maturing or ripening of fruit.

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  • noun botany The maturing or ripening of fruit.

Etymologies

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Latin fructus fruit.

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