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Fertile Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Fertile? [adj] capable of reproducing [adj] marked by great fruitfulness; "fertile farmland"; "a fat land"; "a productive vineyard"; "rich soil" [adj] bearing in abundance especially offspring; "flying foxes are extremely prolific"; "a prolific pear tree" [adj] intellectually productive; "a prolific writer"; "a fecund imagination" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Fertile: fat \| fecund \| fertilised \| fertilizable \| fertilized \| impregnated \| inseminated \| prolific \| rank \| rich Related Terms \| Find terms related to Fertile: abounding \| abundant \| affluent \| all-sufficing \| ample \| aplenty \| blooming \| bottomless \| bounteous \| bountiful \| bursting \| bursting out \| conceptive \| conceptual \| copious \| creative \| diffuse \| effuse \| epidemic \| esemplastic \| exhaustless \| extravagant \| exuberant \| fat \| fecund \| flourishing \| flush \| fructiferous \| fructuous \| fruitful \| full \| galore \| generative \| generous \| germinal \| ideational \| ideative \| imaginative \| in plenty \| in quantity \| inexhaustible \| ingenious \| inspired \| inventive \| lavish \| liberal \| lush \| luxuriant \| many \| maximal \| much \| notional \| numerous \| opulent \| original \| originative \| overflowing \| plenitudinous \| plenteous \| plentiful \| plenty \| pregnant \| prevailing \| prevalent \| prodigal \| productive \| profuse \| profusive \| proliferous \| prolific \| rampant \| replete \| rich \| rife \| riotous \| running over \| seminal \| shaping \| superabundant \| swarming \| teeming \| thriving \| uberous \| visioned \| wealthy \| well-found \| well-furnished \| well-provided \| well-stocked \| wholesale See Also \| conceptive \| fruitful \| potent \| productive \| strong Fertile In Webster's Dictionary \Fer"tile\ (? or ?; 277), a. [L. fertilis, fr. ferr? to bear, produce: cf. F. fertile. See {Bear} to support.] 1. Producing fruit or vegetation in abundance; fruitful; able to produce abundantly; prolific; fecund; productive; rich; inventive; as, fertile land or fields; a fertile mind or imagination. Though he in a fertile climate dwell. --Shak. 2. (Bot.) (a) Capable of producing fruit; fruit-bearing; as, fertile flowers. (b) Containing pollen; -- said of anthers. 3. produced in abundance; plenteous; ample. Henceforth, my early care . . . Shall tend thee, and the fertile burden ease Of thy full branches. --Milton. Syn: {Fertile}, {Fruitful}. Usage: Fertile implies the inherent power of production; fruitful, the act. The prairies of the West are fertile by nature, and are turned by cultivation into fruitful fields. The same distinction prevails when these words are used figuratively. A man of fertile genius has by nature great readiness of invention; one whose mind is fruitful has resources of thought and a readiness of application which enable him to think and act effectively.

Fertile Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Fertile?

[adj] capable of reproducing
[adj] marked by great fruitfulness; "fertile farmland"; "a fat land"; "a productive vineyard"; "rich soil"
[adj] bearing in abundance especially offspring; "flying foxes are extremely prolific"; "a prolific pear tree"
[adj] intellectually productive; "a prolific writer"; "a fecund imagination"

Fertile In Webster's Dictionary

\Fer"tile\ (? or ?; 277), a. [L. fertilis, fr. ferr? to
bear, produce: cf. F. fertile. See {Bear} to support.]
1. Producing fruit or vegetation in abundance; fruitful; able
   to produce abundantly; prolific; fecund; productive; rich;
   inventive; as, fertile land or fields; a fertile mind or
   imagination.

         Though he in a fertile climate dwell. --Shak.

2. (Bot.)
   (a) Capable of producing fruit; fruit-bearing; as, fertile
       flowers.
   (b) Containing pollen; -- said of anthers.

3. produced in abundance; plenteous; ample.

         Henceforth, my early care . . . Shall tend thee, and
         the fertile burden ease Of thy full branches.
                                               --Milton.

Syn: {Fertile}, {Fruitful}.

Usage: Fertile implies the inherent power of production;
       fruitful, the act. The prairies of the West are
       fertile by nature, and are turned by cultivation into
       fruitful fields. The same distinction prevails when
       these words are used figuratively. A man of fertile
       genius has by nature great readiness of invention; one
       whose mind is fruitful has resources of thought and a
       readiness of application which enable him to think and
       act effectively.

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