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in fruit

in fruit phrase: bearing fruit; (heraldry) fructed, fruited (bearing fruit or acorns).

in fruit: bearing fruit; (heraldry) fructed, fruited (bearing fruit or acorns)
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Phrase

in fruit

  1. Bearing fruit; (heraldry) fructed, fruited (bearing fruit or acorns).
    • The scabbard is adorned with filigree-work of silver, representing boughs and leaves of oak with acorns; the device of Pope Julius being an oak-tree in fruit.1858, Chamber's Miscellany of Instructive & Entertaining Tracts, page 8
    • An oak-tree in fruit was the armorial bearing of this Pontiff, who gifted the sword to James IV. It was wrought in Italy shortly after the revival of the arts, and is undoubtedly a beautiful piece of workmanship.1876, Belgravia, page 144

Examples of in fruit in a sentence

  • Crest : In a nest vert under a lemon-tree in fruit proper a pelican feeding her young gold the blood gules .1937, Rhode Island Historical Society, Rhode Island Historical Society Collections:
  • Crest — On a mount an apple tree in fruit ppr.2009 June 1, John Matthews, Matthews, Complete American Armoury and Blue Book, Genealogical Publishing Com, →ISBN, page 20:

Questions about in fruit

What does in fruit mean?
In fruit means bearing fruit; (heraldry) fructed, fruited (bearing fruit or acorns).
How do you use in fruit in a sentence?
Crest : In a nest vert under a lemon-tree in fruit proper a pelican feeding her young gold the blood gules .
What part of speech is in fruit?
In fruit is a phrase.

Words near in fruit in the dictionary

  1. in freefall
  2. in from the cold
  3. in front
  4. in front of
  5. in front of one's nose
  6. in fruit
  7. in full
  8. in full aspect
  9. in full chase
  10. in full course
  11. in full cry

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