fructescence

== English == === Etymology === From Latin fructus (“fruit”) + -escence. === Noun === fructescence (countable and uncountable, plural fructescences) (botany) The maturing or ripening of fruit. === References === “fructescence”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.