Part 4613

<h1>Fructiculose</h1> <Xpage=599>

<hw>Fruc*tic"u*lose`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Fruitful; full of fruit.</def>

<h1>Fructidor</h1> <Xpage=599>

<hw>Fruc`ti`dor"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>fructus</ets> fruit.]</ety> <def>The twelfth month of the French republican calendar; -- commencing August 18, and ending September 16. See <er>Vend\'82miaire</er>.</def>

<h1>Fructiferuos</h1> <Xpage=599>

<hw>Fruc*tif"er*uos</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fructifer</ets>; <ets>fructus</ets> fruit + <ets>ferre</ets> to bear; cf. F. <ets>fructif\'8are</ets>.]</ety> <def>Bearing or producing fruit.</def>

<i>Boyle.</i>

<h1>Fructification</h1> <Xpage=599>

<hw>Fruc`ti*fi*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fructificatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>fructification</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of forming or producing fruit; the act of fructifying, or rendering productive of fruit; fecundation.</def>

<blockquote>The prevalent <b>fructification</b> of plants. <i>Sir T. Brown.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The collective organs by which a plant produces its fruit, or seeds, or reproductive spores.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The process of producing fruit, or seeds, or spores.</def>

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<h1>Fructify</h1> <Xpage=600>

<hw>Fruc"ti*fy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>fructifier</ets>, L. <ets>fructificare</ets>; <ets>fructus</ets> fruit + <ets>ficare</ets> (only in comp.), akin to L. <ets>facere</ets> to make. See <er>Fruit</er>, and <er>Fact</er>.]</ety> <def>To bear fruit.</def> "Causeth the earth to <i>fructify</i>."

<i>Beveridge.</i>

<h1>Fructify</h1> <Xpage=600>

<hw>Fruc"ti*fy</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Fructified</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Fructifying</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To make fruitful; to render productive; to fertilize; <as>as, to <ex>fructify</ex> the earth</as>.</def>

<h1>Fructose</h1> <Xpage=600>

<hw>Fruc*tose"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fructus</ets> fruit.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Fruit sugar; levulose.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Fructuary</h1> <Xpage=600>

<hw>Fruc"tu*a*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Fructuaries</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>fructuarius</ets>.]</ety> <def>One who enjoys the profits, income, or increase of anything.</def>

<blockquote>Kings are not proprietors nor <b>fructuaries</b>. <i>Prynne.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fructuation</h1> <Xpage=600>

<hw>Fruc"tu*a`tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Produce; fruit,</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Fructuous</h1> <Xpage=600>

<hw>Fruc"tu*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fructuosus</ets>: cf, F. <ets>fructueux</ets>.]</ety> <def>Fruitful; productive; profitable.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Nothing <b>fructuous</b> or profitable. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>