'naked-fruited' is a modern English compound formed from 'naked' + 'fruited', where 'naked' means 'not covered' and 'fruited' is the adjectival form of 'fruit' meaning 'having fruit'.

'naked' originates from Old English 'nacod' and related Proto-Germanic roots meaning 'bare, uncovered'; 'fruit' comes from Latin 'fructus' via Old French 'fruit', later forming the adjectival 'fruited' in Modern English; the compound 'naked-fruited' is a descriptive botanical formation in Modern English.

Initially, the components meant 'without covering' ('naked') and 'product of a plant' ('fruit'); combined in botanical usage they evolved to describe plants whose fruits are produced or remain exposed (not enclosed by additional structures).