fructifier
French → English
(botany) To bear fruit: the biological process of a plant producing mature fruit
Ce pommier ne commencera à fructifier que dans trois ans.
(English) This apple tree will not start bearing fruit for three years.
Les conditions météo ont empêché les oliviers de fructifier cette saison.
(English) Weather conditions prevented the olive trees from fruiting this season.
(financial) To yield: to produce a profit or positive outcome from an investment
Il a placé ses économies en bourse pour les faire fructifier.
(English) He invested his savings in the stock market to make them grow.
Les efforts de recherche commencent enfin à fructifier pour l'entreprise.
(English) Research efforts are finally starting to yield results for the company.
Entry ID: fr:en:fructifier · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary