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View synonyms for fruitage

fruitage

[ froo-tij ]

noun

  1. the bearing of fruit:

    soil additives to hasten the fruitage.

  2. fruits collectively.
  3. product or result:

    This year's fruitage was of better quality.



fruitage

/ ˈfruːtɪdʒ /

noun

  1. the process, state, or season of producing fruit
  2. fruit collectively
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of fruitage1

1570–80; < Middle French fruit ( er ) to bear fruit + -age -age
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Example Sentences

The house, the bit of the world it gave upon, seemed a part of her life, the containing husk of all the fruitage born to her.

Earlier fruitage can certainly be secured on sand cherry stocks and under other methods of training.

Green leaves shrined fair globes of fruitage fast ripening in the blowing airs and steadfast sun.

Hers was a beautiful life, blossoming out into what we supposed would be a grand fruitage of blessing to the Dakotas.

Plants are thus kept in the dark in order to reserve their fruitage for a fitter season.

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