fructescencen.
/frʌkˈtɛsəns/ (See quot.)
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the world > plants > by growth or development > [noun] > season of growth, flourishing, or fruiting
seasona1300
shake-time1668
fructescence1793
1793 T. Martyn Lang. Bot. sig. H&v Fructescence, or the fruiting season, is the time when vegetables scatter their ripe seeds.
1848 in J. Craig New Universal Dict.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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