fructify

/ˈfrʌktɪfaɪ/
verb
  1. To produce fruit or seeds.
    • The cherry tree began to fructify after three years of growth.
    • Farmers use fertilizers to help their crops fructify more abundantly.
    • With enough sunlight and water, the vines will fructify in late summer.
  2. To make something productive or successful; to yield results.
    • Their collaboration fructified into a bestselling novel.
    • The new teaching methods began to fructify in higher test scores.
    • The government hopes the economic reforms will fructify within the next decade.
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