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fruttifero

fruit-bearing

adjective froot-TEE-feh-roh Rare
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Origin: Latin fructifer (fruit-bearing), from fructus + ferre

Also means

profitable

Usage Note

Fruttifero describes both a plant that produces fruit (albero fruttifero) and, figuratively, a financially profitable asset — investimento fruttifero, conto fruttifero (interest-bearing account). The financial sense is at least as common as the botanical one in modern Italian. Do not confuse with frutteto (orchard).

Examples

"Ha scelto un investimento fruttifero a lungo termine."

Natural Translation

He chose a profitable long-term investment.

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