MSN home
Mail
My MSN
encarta
greeting cards
encarta
®
Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
fruit
fruit bat
fruit cocktail
fruit cup
fruit drop
fruit fly
fruit machine
fruit salad
fruit sugar
fruit tree
fruitage
fruitarian
fruitcake
fruiterer
fruitful
fruiting body
fruition
Also available:
World English Dictionary
Dictionnaire Français
fructiferous
fruc·tif·er·ous
[
fruk tíffərəss,
frk tíffərəss
]
adjective
Definition:
bearing fruit:
describes a tree or other plant that bears fruit
[
Mid-17th century. < Latin
fructifer
"fruit-bearing" <
fructus
"fruit" (see
fruit
)
]
Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
Advertisement
MSN Privacy
Legal
Advertise
Feedback
Help
© 2009 Microsoft