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1. (adj.) fertile
bearing, producing, or capable of producing vegetation, crops, etc., abundantly:
fertile soil.
2. fertile
bearing or capable of bearing offspring.
3. fertile
abundantly productive; fecund:
a fertile imagination.
4. fertile
conducive to productiveness.
5. fertile
fertilized, as a seed or egg.
6. fertile
capable of developing, as a seed or egg.
7. fertile
capable of producing reproductive structures or of causing fertilization.
8. fertile
capable of being transmuted into a fissionable nuclide by irradiation with neutrons.
Etymology: (1425–75; late ME (< MF) < L fertilis fruitful)
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1. (adj) fertile
capable of reproducing
2. (adj) fecund, fertile, prolific
intellectually productive
"a prolific writer"; "a fecund imagination"
3. (adj) prolific, fertile
bearing in abundance especially offspring
"flying foxes are extremely prolific"; "a prolific pear tree"
4. (adj) fat, fertile, productive, rich
marked by great fruitfulness
"fertile farmland"; "a fat land"; "a productive vineyard"; "rich soil"
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1. (adjective) fertile
good for growing crops or plants
rich fertile soil
2. fertile
≠ infertile
***the time when a female is fertile
3. fertile
fertile ground
good conditions for sth to be created
Areas of high poverty are fertile ground for terrorism.; the fertility of the soil; fertility testing for couples
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) fertile
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
2. (adj) fertile
capable of producing fruit; fruit-bearing; as, fertile flowers
3. (adj) fertile
containing pollen; -- said of anthers
4. (adj) fertile
produced in abundance; plenteous; ample
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Sense: producing a lot
fertile fields; a fertile mind/imagination.
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 Afrikaans: ryk, produktief |
 Arabic: خَصْب، خَصيب |
 Bulgarian: плодороден |
 Brazilian: fértil |
 Czech: úrodný; vynalézavý |
 German: fruchtbar, schöpferisch |
 Danish: frugtbar; frodig |
 Greek: γόνιμος |
 Spanish: fértil |
 Estonian: viljakas |
 Farsi: بارور |
 Finnish: hedelmällinen |
 French: fertile |
 Hebrew: פּוֹרֶה |
 Hindi: उर्वर |
 Croatian: plodan |
 Hungarian: termékeny |
 Indonesian: subur |
 Icelandic: frjór |
 Italian: fertile |
 Japanese: 肥沃な |
 Korean: 기름진 |
 Lithuanian: derlingas, turtingas |
 Latvian: ražīgs; bagāts; radošs (p |
 Malay: subur |
 Dutch: vruchtbaar |
 Norwegian: fruktbar, rik, frodig |
 Polish: żyzny |
 Persian: بارور |
 Pashto: زېږنده: بركتى، ايبره ور ( |
 Portuguese: fértil |
 Romanian: fertil |
 Russian: плодородный;богатый |
 Slovak: úrodný; vynachádzavý |
 Slovenian: ploden |
 Serbian: plodan |
 Swedish: bördig, produktiv, rik |
 Thai: ที่อุดมสมบูรณ์ |
 Turkish: verimli |
 Taiwanese: 肥沃的，多產的 |
 Ukrainian: родючий; багатий |
 Urdu: زرخیز |
 Vietnamese: phì nhiêu; màu mỡ |
 Chinese: 肥沃的，丰富的 |
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