Fruit-wood
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
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- 1 Alternative spelling of fruitwood. alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
"Queensland agricultural journal Volume 5, Government Printer, Australia, 1899, pages 429–: “Orchard Notes for October ... Attend to the disbudding of all young trees, for, if superfluous growths are checked now, they are converted into fruit-wood, and the vigour of the tree is thrown into those shoots which are to form the future branches of the tree...”"
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More examples"Queensland agricultural journal Volume 5, Government Printer, Australia, 1899, pages 429–: “Orchard Notes for October ... Attend to the disbudding of all young trees, for, if superfluous growths are checked now, they are converted into fruit-wood, and the vigour of the tree is thrown into those shoots which are to form the future branches of the tree...”"
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