Fruiting
noun, verb
noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A fruiting body. countable
"Fruitings can consist of several thousand individual sporocarps."
- 2 The act of producing fruit, seeds, or spores; fructification. uncountable
"From these figures it will be seen that the fruiting period of cotton in the blacklands of Texas is relatively short, and a majority of the bolls are set early in the season."
- 3 The occurrence of FRUIT (false replies unsynchronized/uncorrelated in time). uncountable
"How many breakdowns or serious impairments of function (quality of return, fruiting, degradation, etc.) did your radar and communications equipment have today?"
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of fruit form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
- 1 capable of bearing fruit wordnet
Example
More examples"The fruiting season for the cherry trees is from June to July."