Producing or bearing fruit; fruitful or capable of yielding fruit or crops.
From Latin 'frux' (fruit) + 'ferre' (to bear/carry) + '-ous' (adjective suffix). Literally means 'fruit-bearing,' though it's quite rare in modern English compared to simpler synonyms.
This word is a beautiful example of how English borrowed Latin's building blocks—'ferre' meaning 'to bear' appears in dozens of English words like 'conifer' (cone-bearing) and 'fertile,' all following the same ancient recipe.
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