Fruit-time
noun
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Noun
- 1 The time when plants bear fruit. dated, literary, obsolete, uncountable, usually
"To one underneath the canopy, and looking upward in fruit time, the berries, as thick as hops, and as large as musket balls, appear hanging in clusters of three to nine or ten and sometimes more."
- 2 The time when something is mature. broadly, figuratively, uncountable, usually
"Thence come songs whose fruit-time will inherit Butterflies from my light-hearted spirit."
Example
More examples"To one underneath the canopy, and looking upward in fruit time, the berries, as thick as hops, and as large as musket balls, appear hanging in clusters of three to nine or ten and sometimes more."
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