Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fruit-wood

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.36 in modern English

Syllables: fruit--wood
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative spelling of fruitwood.

Countable; Uncountable

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.”"

Usage

Inflected Forms

fruit-woods (plural)

Questions

What does fruit-wood mean?: Alternative spelling of fruitwood.

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