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fruiting

verb

present participle of fruit

as in flowering

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Recent Examples of fruiting Pruning helps the plant focus its energy on fruiting for better fruit quality, manages plant size, and provides better air flow around the plant. — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 31 May 2026 But Heusinkvelt recommends keeping fruiting crabapple trees further in the center of your lawn and away from driveways and sidewalks, where the fruit can be trampled and tracked around by shoes and tires. — Cori Sears, The Spruce, 14 May 2026 Fall-fruiting raspberries fruit on canes that grew in the current season (primocanes), whereas summer-bearing raspberries only develop fruit on second-year canes (floricanes). — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Feb. 2026

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Despite its name, only the flowering tuft of red oat grass is actually red.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
But once it is done flowering for the season, pruning in the fall is one less thing to do in the spring.

— Marie Iannotti, The Spruce, 22 Sep. 2026

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The body-contouring gown was transparent from its high neck to its hem, with long sleeves and intricately worked floral embroidery blooming over the bust, navel, hips, and thighs.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 23 Sep. 2026
Blooming uses up a lot of the plant’s energy, and afterward the orchid needs a period of rest to recover for the next blooming cycle.

— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 23 Sep. 2026

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To qualify for the final standings, teams must have a winning record, make the playoffs and improve on their playoff advancement or seeding from 2025.

— Todd Holcomb, AJC.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Rather than seeding by qualifying time, athletes get to choose their preferred lane in advance, and these are then given out based on world ranking.

— Liam Tharme, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of seeding

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Rather than propagating vertically toward the electrodes, the dendrites spread horizontally inside the electrolyte.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
Instead, Shanahan recommends layering, a method of propagating new plants from a still-living thyme specimen.

— Alexandra Jones, The Spruce, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of propagating

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