The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word FRUITIER
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What does FRUITIER mean?
FRUITIER adjective- Containing fruit or fruit flavoring.
- Similar to fruit or tasting of fruit.
- Mad, crazy.
- (of a male) Effeminate or otherwise flamboyant or homosexual.
- Sexually suggestive.