Definition of "fruit-tree" [fruit-tree]

• Attributive form of fruit tree, noun. (adjective)

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• "But, as in the fruit-tree example that I used illustrates, a capital asset can be cash-flow negative and still profitable."
• "This week, Mr. Clegg stumbled when challenged on his parliamentary expenses, justifying his taxpayer-funded kitchen renovations and fruit-tree pruning by declaring that his constituency home isn't his, but the taxpayers '."
• "The user groups were allowed to establish their own fruit-tree nurseries to expand production."