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fruitling

fruitling noun: a small or immature fruit.

Noun

fruitling (plural fruitlings)

  1. A small or immature fruit.
    • Any man of common right feeling will love and cherish her who is his own, as I this woman, with my whole heart, though she was but a fruitling of my spear.2012, Homer, The Iliad - Page 102

Forms of fruitling

pluralfruitlings

Origin of fruitling

From fruit + -ling.

Questions about fruitling

What does fruitling mean?
Fruitling means a small or immature fruit.
What part of speech is fruitling?
Fruitling is a noun.
What is the plural of fruitling?
The plural of fruitling is fruitlings.

Words near fruitling in the dictionary

  1. fruitlessly
  2. fruitlessness
  3. fruitlet
  4. fruitlets
  5. fruitlike
  6. fruitling
  7. fruitlings
  8. fruitloop
  9. fruitloopery
  10. fruitloops
  11. fruitly

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