fructus industriales

plural noun

fruc·​tus in·​dus·​tri·​a·​les

ˈfru̇ktəˌsinˌdu̇strēˈäˌlās

: crops (as wheat, corn) produced by labor on the part of man

—distinguished from fructus naturales

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