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fruiting

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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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Shear catmint back halfway after flowering to keep it neat and spur more blooms.

— Abby Monteil, The Spruce, 4 Nov. 2026
If your tree is flowering indoors, use a small paintbrush to transfer pollen between flowers.

— Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of flowering

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The Duomo is just five minutes on foot, and the Academy of Brera with its blooming Botanical Garden is even closer.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026
In the spring, the blooming cherry trees that line the course’s exterior would take your breath away.

— Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026

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Lionel Messi scored his MLS-leading 26th goal in the 83rd minute to lift visiting Inter Miami to a 2-1 victory over the New England Revolution on Sunday night that has major playoff seeding implications.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 2 Nov. 2026
Check out the results of play-in and seeding matches as well as when and where teams will face off in the first round.

— Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Oct. 2026

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