fructicist|ˈfrʌktɪsɪst| Also fructist. [f. L. frūct-us fruit + -ic + -ist.] One who classifies plants by their fruit. 1837Whewell Hist. Induct. Sc. (1857) III. 253 Linnæus..began by being a fructicist.1886Thompson in Encycl.Brit. XX. 301/1 He [Ray] was no longer a fructicist but a corollist.