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fructescence

fructescence noun: the maturing or ripening of fruit.

Noun

fructescence (countable and uncountable, plural fructescences)

  1. The maturing or ripening of fruit.
    • Fructescence, or the fruiting season , is the time when vegetables scatter their ripe seeds1793, Thomas Martyn, The Language of Botany

Forms of fructescence

pluralfructescences

Origin of fructescence

From Latin fructus (“fruit”) + -escence.

Questions about fructescence

What does fructescence mean?
Fructescence means the maturing or ripening of fruit.
What part of speech is fructescence?
Fructescence is a noun.
What is the plural of fructescence?
The plural of fructescence is fructescences.

Words near fructescence in the dictionary

  1. fructans
  2. fructansucrase
  3. fructansucrases
  4. fructation
  5. fructed
  6. fructescence
  7. fructescences
  8. fructi-
  9. fructiculose
  10. fructicultural
  11. fructiculture

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