Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fructescence

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fructes-cence
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The maturing or ripening of fruit.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Fructescence, or the fruiting season , is the time when vegetables scatter their ripe seeds"

Etymology

From Latin fructus (“fruit”) + -escence.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: fructus

Usage

Inflected Forms

fructescences (plural)

Questions

What does fructescence mean?: The maturing or ripening of fruit.
Where does fructescence come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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