Fructify

fruk′ti-fī, v.t. to make fruitful: to fertilise.— v.i. to bear fruit.— adj. Fruct′ed ( her. ), bearing fruit.— n. Fructes′cence , the time for the ripening of fruit.— adj. Fructif′erous , bearing fruit.— ns. Fructificā′tion , act of fructifying, or producing fruit: ( bot. ) a term denoting sometimes the whole reproductive system, sometimes the 'fruit' itself; Fruc′tose , fruit sugar or levulose; Fruc′tuary , one enjoying the fruits of anything.— adj. Fruc′tuous , full of fruit. [Fr.,—L.,— fructus , fruit.]