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Advance
verb · 78% connection
To accelerate the growth or progress; to further; to forward; to help on; to aid; to heighten; as, to advance the ripening of fruit; t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: maturing, ripening, fruit.
Afford
verb · 78% connection
To give forth; to supply, yield, or produce as the natural result, fruit, or issue; as, grapes afford wine; olives afford oil; the ear…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: maturing, ripening, fruit.
Aleurone
noun · 78% connection
An albuminoid substance which occurs in minute grains ("protein granules") in maturing seeds and tubers; -- supposed to be a modificat…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: maturing, ripening, fruit.
Amphicarpous
adjective · 78% connection
Producing fruit of two kinds, either as to form or time of ripening.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: maturing, ripening, fruit.
Anchovy pear
unknown · 78% connection
A West Indian fruit like the mango in taste, sometimes pickled; also, the tree (Grias cauliflora) bearing this fruit.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: maturing, ripening, fruit.
Apricot
noun · 78% connection
A fruit allied to the plum, of an orange color, oval shape, and delicious taste; also, the tree (Prunus Armeniaca of Linnaeus) which b…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: maturing, ripening, fruit.
Bergamot
noun · 78% connection
A tree of the Orange family (Citrus bergamia), having a roundish or pear-shaped fruit, from the rind of which an essential oil of deli…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: maturing, ripening, fruit.
Bruise
noun · 78% connection
An injury to the flesh of animals, or to plants, fruit, etc., with a blunt or heavy instrument, or by collision with some other body;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: maturing, ripening, fruit.
Carpogenic
adjective · 78% connection
Productive of fruit, or causing fruit to be developed.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: maturing, ripening, fruit.
Carpophyll
noun · 78% connection
A leaf converted into a fruit or a constituent portion of a fruit; a carpel. [See Illust. of Gymnospermous.]
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: maturing, ripening, fruit.
Caryopsis
noun · 78% connection
A one-celled, dry, indehiscent fruit, with a thin membranous pericarp, adhering closely to the seed, so that fruit and seed are incorp…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: maturing, ripening, fruit.
Chokecherry
noun · 78% connection
The astringent fruit of a species of wild cherry (Prunus Virginiana); also, the bush or tree which bears such fruit.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: maturing, ripening, fruit.
Concoction
noun · 78% connection
The act of perfecting or maturing.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: maturing, ripening, fruit.
Concoctive
adjective · 78% connection
Having the power of digesting or ripening; digestive.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: maturing, ripening, fruit.
Crop
noun · 78% connection
That which is cropped, cut, or gathered from a single felld, or of a single kind of grain or fruit, or in a single season; especially,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: maturing, ripening, fruit.
Crust
noun · 78% connection
An incrustation on the interior of wine bottles, the result of the ripening of the wine; a deposit of tartar, etc. See Beeswing.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: maturing, ripening, fruit.
Cucumber
noun · 78% connection
A creeping plant, and its fruit, of several species of the genus Cucumis, esp. Cucumis sativus, the unripe fruit of which is eaten eit…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: maturing, ripening, fruit.
Dewberry
noun · 78% connection
The fruit of certain species of bramble (Rubus); in England, the fruit of R. caesius, which has a glaucous bloom; in America, that of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: maturing, ripening, fruit.
