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Definition: Fruit Tree |
Fruit TreeNoun1. Tree bearing edible fruit. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Vegetable | Flower, blossom, bine; flowering plant; timber tree, fruit tree; pulse, legume. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A fruit tree is a tree bearing fruit — the structures formed by the ripened ovary of a flower containing one or more seeds. However, because all trees of flowering plants produce fruit (essentially all trees except tree ferns and gymnosperms), the term in horticultural usage applies to trees providing fruit as human food. Types of fruits are described and defined elsewhere (see Fruit), but would include fruit in a culinary sense as well as some nut bearing trees, like walnuts .
Examples of tree fruit include:
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Fruit tree."
Crosswords: Fruit Tree |
| English words defined with "fruit tree": espalier ♦ Forest tree ♦ Nephelium mutabile ♦ pulasan, pulasan tree, pulassan. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "fruit tree": BOROJOA PATINOI. (references) |
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![]() | Grape fruit tree, Palm Beach, Fla. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Home of a fruit tree rancher, Delta County, Colo. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Business | Fruit tree yards are also fundamental agricultural activities. (references) | |
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Expression using "fruit tree": bread fruit tree. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
fruit tree | 1,461 |
dwarf fruit tree | 55 |
disease fruit tree | 55 |
fruit tree nursery | 51 |
pruning fruit tree | 49 |
fruit tree care | 41 |
fruit tree spray | 27 |
planting fruit tree | 22 |
cherry fruit tree | 13 |
fig fruit tree | 6 |
fruit tree fertilizer | 6 |
black cherry fruit tree | 6 |
espalier fruit tree | 5 |
citrus fruit tree | 5 |
flowering fruit tree | 4 |
fertilizing fruit tree | 4 |
apple crab fruit tree | 4 |
cultivation fruit tree | 3 |
farm fruit tree | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "fruit tree"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | pemë frutore (fruiter), pemë (fruit, garden stuff, tree), dru frutor (orchard). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 果樹 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | ovocný strom. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | frugttrae. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | vruchtboom (fruit-tree). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | päärynäripsiäinen (fruit tree thrips, pear thrips), omenanlehtikääriäinen (apple brown tortrix, fruit tree tortrix moth), katkokääriäinen (fruit tree tortrix, fruit tree tortrix moth, great brown twist moth), hedelmätarha (fruit tree orchard, orchard), hedelmäpuupunkki (european red mite, fruit tree red spider mite, red mite, red spider). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | arbre fruitier. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Obstbaum (fruit-tree). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | οπωροφόρο δένδρο. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | gyümölcsfa (fruit-tree). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | albero da frutto. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 果樹 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | かじゅ (flowering tree). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | billey mess. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | uitfray eetray árvore frutífera (fruiter). (various references) плодовое дерево (fruiter, fruit-tree). (various references) voćka (fruit, fruiter). (various references) frutal (fruit-tree). (various references) fruktträd (fruiter, fruit-tree). (various references) meyve ağacı. (various references) фруктове дерево. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | buru. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | poma, pomis, pomorum. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 1, Verse 11 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai eipen o qeoV blasthsatw h gh botanhn cortou speiron sperma kata genoV kai kaq' omoiothta kai xulon karpimon poioun karpon ou to sperma autou en autw kata genoV epi thV ghV kai egeneto outwV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et ait germinet terra herbam virentem et facientem semen et lignum pomiferum faciens fructum iuxta genus suum cuius semen in semet ipso sit super terram et factum est ita |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Ond he cwæð, "Sprytte seo eorðe growende gærs ond sæd wyrcende ond æppelbære treow wæstm wyrcende æfter his cynne, ðæs sæd sy on him syluum ofer eorðan." Hit wæs ða swa gedon. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And saith, Burion the erthe grene erbe and makynge seed, and appletre makynge fruyt after his kynd, whos seed ben in hym silf, vpon the erthe; and maad it is so. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And God sayd: let the erth bringe forth herbe and grasse that sowe seed and frutefull trees that bere frute every one in his kynde havynge their seed in them selves vpon the erth. And it came so to passe: |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit-tree yielding fruit after its kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And God said, Let grass come up on the earth, and plants producing seed, and fruit-trees giving fruit, in which is their seed, after their sort: and it was so. |
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| Language | Genesis Chapter 1, Verse 11 |
| Cebuano | Ug miingon ang Dios: Magpaturok ang yuta ug balili, talamnon nga magahatag ug binhi; ug himunga nga mga kahoy nga magahatag ug bunga ingon sa ilang matang diin anaa kaniya ang iyang binhi sa ibabaw sa yuta: ug nahimo kini. |
| Croatian | I reèe Bog: "Neka proklija zemlja zelenilom - travom sjemenitom, stablima plodonosnim, koja, svako prema svojoj vrsti, na zemlji donose plod što u sebi nosi svoje sjeme. I bi tako. |
| Danish | Derpå sagde Gud: "Jorden lade fremspire grønne Urter, der bærer Frø, og Frugttræer, der bærer Frugt med Kærne, på Jorden!" Og således skete det: |
| Dutch | En God zeide: Dat de aarde uitschiete grasscheutjes, kruid zaadzaaiende, vruchtbaar geboomte, dragende vrucht naar zijn aard, welks zaad daarin zij op de aarde! En het was alzo. |
| Finnish | Ja Jumala sanoi: "Kasvakoon maa vihantaa, ruohoja, jotka tekevät siementä, ja hedelmäpuita, jotka lajiensa mukaan kantavat maan päällä hedelmää, jossa niiden siemen on". Ja tapahtui niin: |
| French | Puis Dieu dit: Que la terre produise de la verdure, de l`herbe portant de la semence, des arbres fruitiers donnant du fruit selon leur espèce et ayant en eux leur semence sur la terre. Et cela fut ainsi. |
| German | Und Gott sprach: Es lasse die Erde aufgehen Gras und Kraut, das sich besame, und fruchtbare Bäume, da ein jeglicher nach seiner Art Frucht trage und habe seinen eigenen Samen bei sich selbst auf Erden. Und es geschah also. |
| Haitian Creole | Bondye di. Se pou tè a pouse tout kalite plant: zèb, plant ki bay grenn, pyebwa ki bay fwi ak tout grenn yo. Se konsa sa te pase. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Allah berkata lagi, "Hendaklah tanah mengeluarkan segala macam tumbuh-tumbuhan, yaitu jenis yang menghasilkan biji-bijian dan jenis yang menghasilkan buah-buahan." Lalu hal itu terjadi. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka firman Allah: Hendaklah bumi itu menumbuhkan rumput dan pokok yang berbiji dan pohon yang berbuah-buah dengan tabiatnya, yang berbiji dalamnya di atas bumi itu; maka jadilah demikian, |
| Italian | E Dio disse: «La terra produca germogli, erbe che producono seme e alberi da frutto, che facciano sulla terra frutto con il seme, ciascuno secondo la sua specie». E così avvenne: |
| Maori | Na ka mea te Atua, Kia pihi ake te tarutaru i te whenua, te otaota whai purapura, me te rakau hua, ki runga ki te whenua, e hua ana ona hua, he mea rite tonu ki a ia, kei roto nei i a ia ona purapura: a ka oti. |
| Norwegian | Og Gud sa: Jorden bære frem gress, urter som sår sig, frukttrær som bærer frukt med deres frø i, på jorden, hvert efter sitt slag. Og det blev så. |
| Portuguese | E disse Deus: Produza a terra relva, ervas que dêem semente, e árvores frutíferas que, segundo as suas espécies, dêem fruto que tenha em si a sua semente, sobre a terra. E assim foi. |
| Rumanian | Apoi Dumnezeu a zis: ,,Sq dea pqmkntul verdeayq, iarbq cu sqmknyq, pomi roditori, cari sq facq rod dupq soiul lor wi cari sq aibq kn ei sqmknya lor pe pqmknt.`` Wi awa a fost. |
| Spanish | Después dijo Dios: "Produzca la tierra hierba, plantas que den semilla y árboles frutales que den fruto, según su especie, cuya semilla esté en él, sobre la tierra." Y fue así. |
| Swedish | Och Gud sade: "Frambringe jorden grönska, fröbärande örter och fruktträd, som efter sina arter bära frukt, vari de hava sitt frö, på jorden." Och det skedde så; |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-f-i-r-r-t-t-u" | |
-1 letter: frettier. | |
-2 letters: ferrite, fretter, fritter, fruiter, refuter, reutter, ruttier, tuftier, turfier, utterer. | |
-3 letters: ferret, fetter, fitter, refire, refute, retire, ritter, terret, territ, titfer, triter, tufter, turret, ureter. | |
-4 letters: firer, freer, frere, frier, fritt, fruit, refer, refit, retie, rifer, titer, titre, trier, trite, truer, tutee, uteri, utter. | |
-5 letters: etui, feet, fere, fete, fire, free, fret, frit. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-f-i-r-r-t-t-u" | |
+4 letters: butterfingers, counterfeiter, tetrafluoride. | |
+5 letters: butterfingered, counterfeiters, tetrafluorides. | |
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