fruiting

Pluralfruitings (some meanings)

1. 1
   verb

   Present participle of fruit. Use this form when talking about a plant making fruit right now.

   The orchard is fruiting heavily after last year's careful pruning.

   By midsummer the brambles were fruiting along every hedgerow.

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2. 2
   noununcountable

   The making of fruit, seeds, or spores by a plant or fungus.

   Like a plant having babies in the form of fruit or seeds.

   Cool weather delayed the fruiting of the whole orchard this season.

   Mushroom fruiting depends on the right balance of moisture and temperature.

   Similarfructification

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3. 3
   nouncountable

   The part of a fungus or a similar living thing that makes spores, like a mushroom.

   A bright yellow fruiting pushed up through the moss on the old log.

   The forest floor was covered with small fruitings after the storm.

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4. 4
   noununcountable

   Unwanted radar replies from aircraft answering other stations, which can confuse a radar's display.

   Heavy air traffic caused so much fruiting that the controller's screen filled with false blips.

   The technician said the radar was fine and the stray dots were just fruiting from planes answering a nearby station.

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