fruiting

Definition of fruitingnext
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, 23 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
  • Oleander This pink-flowering shrub causes serious heart and gastrointestinal problems in cats and other animals.
    Amy DeYoung, USA Today, 3 June 2026
  • Water and flowering trees make the place feel like an Old-World safari camp.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
Verb
  • Once its blooming season wraps up in spring, its leafy shrub remains.
    Tessa Cooper, The Spruce, 6 June 2026
  • In times of drought, roses stop blooming as a way to conserve moisture.
    Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 June 2026
Verb
  • Underneath the topmost layer (a user clicking through a browser), a comprehensive E2E setup involves mocking production endpoints, intercepting network requests, seeding databases, making precise assertions at every layer of the stack and integrating tightly with CI pipelines.
    Ethan Pronev, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • But before the pathogen was identified, some 30 passengers had disembarked and flown home to 12 countries, potentially seeding the planet with a virus that kills 38% of its victims.
    The Week US, TheWeek, 18 May 2026
Verb
  • Because the cracks were propagating underneath.
    Dan Mangan,Emma Graham,Hugh Leask,Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 3 June 2026
  • The team used advanced 3D magnetohydrodynamic simulations to recreate the process, revealing that shockwaves propagating through giant molecular clouds can naturally generate the striking wheel-like architecture seen in some of the galaxy's most active stellar nurseries, according to the study.
    Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 1 June 2026

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“Fruiting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fruiting. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.

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