fruiting

present participle of fruit

Example Sentences

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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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fruiting
Verb
  • Beans stop flowering when daytime temperatures exceed 85°F, so select heat-resistant bean varieties like ‘Rattlesnake’ pole beans and ‘Jade' green beans.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 June 2026
  • The sheep graze down grasses and plant material, clearing space for native flowering species to thrive while naturally fertilizing the land in the process.
    Emily Cappiello, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
Verb
  • From blooming tuberose to golden musks.
    Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 28 June 2026
  • Its advanced Halo Control System and LD180 precise local dimming combine to eliminate blooming across a crisp FHD panel.
    Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • Previous cloud-seeding controversies Cloud seeding is now at the center of the rise in weather‑control conspiracy narratives after disasters, such as the tragic Texas floods of 2025 that killed dozens of people, many of them children.
    Doyle Rice, USA Today, 27 June 2026
  • European leaders fear pro-Russian groups are seeding AI chatbots with propaganda.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • In addition to environmental education and advocacy, the center’s mission includes propagating rare and endangered native plants and rehabilitating birds of prey, reptiles and amphibians.
    AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 24 June 2026
  • Ahead, experts share their go-to methods for propagating a lemon tree the right way.
    Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 15 June 2026

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“Fruiting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fruiting. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.

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