fruited

past tense of fruit

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fruited
Verb
  • And now EatFuti has flowered into the first-in-the-nation (to our understanding) State Fair food delivery service — a brand offshoot based, again, in solving a problem, this one much more personal.
    — Courtney Crowder, Des Moines Register, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Staking helps protect tall or large-flowered dahlias from breakage and flopping over, especially after rain or strong wind.
    — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 July 2026
Verb
  • Another waning idea is the guess that space rocks may have seeded life on this planet.
    — Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026
  • One that is gaining steam, sources said, is a plan to create that new fund, seeded with money from both owners and outside investors.
    — Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 10 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • When London Craft Week, an annual celebration of the handmade, unfurled across the center of the city this past May, the work of a thousand or so makers bloomed out of every corner.
    — Clare Coulson, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Across the archipelago’s more than seven thousand islands, countless sovereign communities once bloomed with distinct languages and traditions, until Spain claimed them all under a single name.
    — Albert Samaha, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Peperomia Many types of peperomia can be propagated from stem or leaf cuttings, including varieties like the watermelon peperomia, string of turtles, and baby rubber plant.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Sep. 2026
  • Stone was the consummate anti-Boomer Boomer, his best work existing in opposition to the official stories propagated by a top-down media infoscape.
    — Darren Franich, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The estate’s appeal is rooted not only in its scale and flexibility, but also in the character of the main home itself.
    — David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Vining types like Monstera adansonii, on the other hand, can be rooted just like vining pothos or philodendrons.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Sep. 2026
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“Fruited.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fruited. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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