fruit tree
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- noun
- /fruːt triː/
- Two gardeners planted shade trees and fruit trees, flowers and grass, and the green truck brought crates and furniture.
- grow fruit trees
- plant fruit trees
- flowering fruit trees
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Watch on YouTubeOne thing we can do with trees, especially if they're fruit trees, is grafting.
- One thing we can do with trees, especially if they're fruit trees, is grafting.
- Clip off plant tissue on a fruit tree while it's fruiting in the summer.
- We have plans to put in some fruit trees, not a lot, just a few like select varieties.
- Like a black bear in a fruit tree, gulping up sour apples with dry sucking sounds.
- They walk on their knuckles through the forest looking for fruit trees and eating herbs when they can't find fruits.
Examples
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They had fruit trees that produced very well.
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We eat from the fruit trees and drink from the stream, and then we sleep.
Fiction book (2000) -
Otherwise it might spread to your fruit trees.
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Imagine fruit trees growing across the fields.
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There were a lot of fruit trees in her yard.
Fiction book (1997) -
The fruit trees are all in bloom.
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We do have a block of fruit trees next to the House of two apples and two pears.
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Pictures from the time show proud residents standing before trim homes with well-tended gardens and fruit trees.
Academic text (2008) -
Further on, handsome fruit trees rise in the midst of soft, green knolls.
Fiction book (1993) -
The orchard is full of fruit trees that provide a variety of delicious fruits each season.
Synonyms
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A tree that grows round fruit people eat
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A small round fruit or the tree that produces it
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A tree or shrub that makes small round fruit with one hard stone
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A tree that grows round sweet fruits called apples
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A tree or shrub that grows small round fruit with one hard stone
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A tree that grows round sweet fruit you can eat
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A tree that grows edible round or oval fruit with one hard stone
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A large tropical tree that grows sweet, juicy, oval fruit
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A tree that makes sweet, juicy fruit called pears
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A tree that grows sweet, juicy peaches
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A small sour apple or the tree that grows it often used to make jam
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A tree that grows plums you can eat
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A tropical tree that grows large green fruit called avocado
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A tree that grows juicy fruits like oranges, lemons, or limes
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A large fruit with rough green skin and sweet yellow flesh, or the tree that grows it
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A tropical tree that makes large starchy fruit that become like bread when cooked
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A small evergreen tree that produces sweet orange fruit like mandarins
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A tropical tree and its large green fruit with sweet creamy flesh
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Small tree from South America that grows egg-shaped reddish fruit you can eat
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A tree that grows sweet red fruit you can eat or the fruit it makes
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A tree grown for its apples that people eat
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A tropical tree from the Americas that grows sweet, soft fruit
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A tree that grows sweet fruit like peaches but with smooth skin
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A small Asian tree that makes small round fruit like a cherry or plum
A tree that makes fruit like both a plum and an apricot
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Morphology
The meaning 'a tree that produces edible fruit' is directly predictable from combining 'fruit' (edible seed-bearing body) with 'tree' (a tall perennial plant): the compound names a type of tree characterized by its fruit. This noun-noun composition is a transparent, cross-linguistically common pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The noun fruit tree paints a simple picture: a tree heavy with fruit you can eat, its branches full of apples or peaches. So it means 'a tree that produces edible fruit'.