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v. Present participle of fruit.

adj. Pertaining to, or producing, fruit.

n. The bearing of fruit.

n. The production of fruit.

adj. capable of bearing fruit

"The fungus lives on feces from grazing herbivores, like cattle, and during the evenings its spore-producing organs, called fruiting bodies, fill with fluids and become light-sensitive, bending its black spore-cap towards the early morning sun."

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