fruiting
Yielding its harvest
Fruiting describes the process or state of producing fruit.
A tree or plant that is fruiting has begun to bear fruit: The tomatoes are fruiting earlier than expected this year.
In biology, fruiting extends to fungi producing spore-bearing structures: fruiting bodies are the visible parts of mushrooms.
The term appears in horticultural and scientific contexts more than casual speech.
Becoming ready to eat
- blossomFlower on fruit tree
- budUnopened plant growth
- floweringProducing reproductive structures
- maturationProcess of becoming complete
development · swelling · setting · photosynthesis · chlorophyll · foliage · verdant · perennial
Flower reproductive transfer
- fertilizationGamete fusion creating zygote
- seedsPlant embryos in casings
- ovaryFemale reproductive gland
- pistilSeed-producing flower organ
stamen · anther · pollen · ovule · cross-pollination · self-pollination · germination · propagation
Act of selecting
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
- yieldProduce or relinquish
- cropCultivated agricultural plants
- orchardFruit tree plantation
vineyard · reaping · gleaning · produce · cultivation · agriculture · husbandry · farmhand
Producing abundantly and often
- profusionExtravagant amount present
- plentifulExisting in abundance
- teemingAbundantly full of
- bountifulPlentiful and generous
lushness · luxuriance · laden · copiousness · overflowing · ample · generous · productive
ripening
Becoming ready to eat
maturation · development · swelling · setting · photosynthesis · chlorophyll · foliage · verdant · perennial · deciduous
pollination
Flower reproductive transfer
- fertilizationGamete fusion creating zygote
- seedsPlant embryos in casings
- ovaryFemale reproductive gland
pistil · stamen · anther · pollen · ovule · cross-pollination · self-pollination · germination · propagation · angiosperm
picking
Act of selecting
orchard · vineyard · reaping · gleaning · produce · cultivation · agriculture · husbandry · farmhand · harvester
prolific
Producing abundantly and often
bountiful · lushness · luxuriance · laden · copiousness · overflowing · ample · generous · productive · fecund
- plant growthbloom, bud, buds, flower, leaf
- developmentgrowth, progress, advancement, expansion, improvement
- gardening termsgrowing, blooming, wilting, pruning, grafting
- development stagesearly stage, late stage, infancy, childhood, alpha
- growth stagesmature, immature, developing, adult, juvenile
- Seasonal Changesbloom, thaw, freeze, leafing, budding
fruitingdormant
Inactive but capable
budding · vegetative · flowering · germinating · seedling
fruitingleafing
Casually turning pages
vegetative · growing · rooting · establishing · bolting
fruitingbarren
Unable to produce
sterile · unproductive · fruitless · nonproducing · failing
- fruiting bodiesSpore-dispersing fungal structures