fruitage

[ froo-tij ]

noun

1. the bearing of fruit:

   soil additives to hasten the fruitage.

2. fruits collectively.
3. product or result:

   This year's fruitage was of better quality.

fruitage

/ ˈfruːtɪdʒ /

noun

1. the process, state, or season of producing fruit
2. fruit collectively

Word History and Origins

Origin of fruitage¹

1570–80; < Middle French fruit ( er ) to bear fruit + -age -age

Example Sentences

The house, the bit of the world it gave upon, seemed a part of her life, the containing husk of all the fruitage born to her.

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Earlier fruitage can certainly be secured on sand cherry stocks and under other methods of training.

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Green leaves shrined fair globes of fruitage fast ripening in the blowing airs and steadfast sun.

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Hers was a beautiful life, blossoming out into what we supposed would be a grand fruitage of blessing to the Dakotas.

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Plants are thus kept in the dark in order to reserve their fruitage for a fitter season.

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