fruit tree

Noun

Meaning

tree bearing edible fruit

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

fruit-tree

Synonyms

orchard evergreen fruit flowering fig blossom seedling apricot sapling fruiter hog plum citrous fruit growing angiospermous tree flowering tree

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Hypernyms

angiospermous tree flowering tree

Hyponyms

mulberry pawpaw persimmon cherry plum nectarine

Related terms

food tree

Examples

Sometimes our fate resembles a fruit tree in winter. Who would think that those branches would turn green again and blossom, but we hope it, we know it. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

There are blessings in being close to the soil, in raising your own food even if it is only a garden in your yard and a fruit tree or two. Those families will be fortunate who, in the last days, have an adequate supply of food because of their foresight and ability to produce their own. Ezra Taft Benson

A fruit tree that grows in a dung heap will certainly blossom. Zanzibar Proverb

He was made to stand in a pool of water beneath a fruit tree with low branches, with the fruit ever eluding his grasp, and the water always receding before he could take a drink. Source: Internet

“After 202 years in business, Stark Bro’s is the world’s oldest fruit tree nursery still in operation. Source: Internet

He said that soil mineralisation – where soil organic matter is converted by microbes into forms of nitrogen that are available to plants – was often unaccounted for as a source of nitrogen in fruit tree orchards. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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