Fruit-wood
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Fruit-wood is a noun meaning Alternative spelling of fruitwood.
Meaning
Alternative spelling of fruitwood.
Example Sentences
Queensland agricultural journal Volume 5, Government Printer, Australia, 1899, pages 429–: “Orchard Notes for October ... Attend to the disbudding of all young trees, for, if superfluous growths are checked now, they are converted into fruit-wood, and the vigour of the tree is thrown into those shoots which are to form the future branches of the tree...”
Herbert John Webber; Leon Dexter Batchelor (1965), The Citrus Industry, University of California Press, GGKEY:NJ9T7DK5XJL, pages 16–: “On the much-debated question whether to use only the so-called "fruit-wood" twigs in propagation, or whether "sucker" wood can also be used satisfactorily, the evidence is fragmentary, and at present definite conclusions cannot be stated.”
Word Forms
- fruit-woods
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include fruitwood, applewood, wood, pear, cherrywood, firwood.
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