# fruiting

/ˈfɹutɪŋ/ (US) · /fɹˈuːtɪŋ/ (UK) · CEFR B2 · Adjective

Source: https://englishreference.com/word/fruiting
Updated: 2026-10-18

## Definition

producing fruit, like a tree that has apples growing on it.

For teachers: bearing or producing mature fruit; describing plants or fungi at the reproductive stage when fruit or spore-bearing structures develop.

## Examples

- The fruiting trees attract many birds each summer.
- In late August the garden is full of fruiting tomato plants heavy with red tomatoes.
- After years of careful pruning, the once-barren orchard now stands dense with fruiting limbs whose weight bends the branches toward the grass.

## Usage notes

- Typically placed before the noun it modifies; also follows 'be' to describe a plant in season.

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