Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fruitflesh

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fruit-flesh
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The fleshy part of a fruit (as opposed to the juice or the kernel/seed); pulp.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"At this time it is of a glassy yellowish-white color, though it usually partakes of the color of the fruitflesh on which it was feeding."
"Sarah's got an old preserving pan from the Salvos and the two of them scrub it for hours before piling in pounds of fruitflesh and spices."
"[…] j. macan is a variety with fruitflesh that is red instead of some shade of pink or ivory; […]"
"While the vibrations of the organisms mentioned are really too weak to process the animal food, they are still too strong to deal with fruit-flesh alone."

Etymology

From fruit + flesh. Compare Dutch vruchtvlees, German Fruchtfleisch.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

fruit-flesh (alternative) fruit flesh (alternative)

Questions

What does fruitflesh mean?: The fleshy part of a fruit (as opposed to the juice or the kernel/seed); pulp.
Where does fruitflesh come from?: From fruit + flesh. Compare Dutch vruchtvlees, German Fruchtfleisch.

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