Fertile
WordNet
adjective
(1) Capable of reproducing
(2) Marked by great fruitfulness
"Fertile farmland"
"A fat land"
"A productive vineyard"
"Rich soil"
(3) Bearing in abundance especially offspring
"Flying foxes are extremely prolific"
"A prolific pear tree"
(4) Intellectually productive
"A prolific writer"
"A fecund imagination"
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Etymology
From < < .
Adjective
- capable of growing abundant crops; productive
- capable of reproducing; fecund, fruitful
- capable of developing past the egg stage
- productive or prolific
Related terms
- fertilisation, fertilization
- fertilise, fertilize
- fertiliser, fertilizer
- fertility