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fertile
[ fur-tlor, especially British, -tahyl ]
adjective
- bearing, producing, or capable of producing vegetation, crops, etc., abundantly; prolific:
fertile soil.
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- bearing or capable of bearing offspring.
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- abundantly productive:
a fertile imagination.
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- producing an abundance (usually followed by of or in ):
a land fertile of wheat.
- conducive to productiveness:
fertile showers.
- Biology.
- fertilized, as an egg or ovum; fecundated.
- capable of growth or development, as seeds or eggs.
- Botany.
- capable of producing sexual reproductive structures.
- capable of causing fertilization, as an anther with fully developed pollen.
- having spore-bearing organs, as a frond.
- Physics. (of a nuclide) capable of being transmuted into a fissile nuclide by irradiation with neutrons: Compare fissile ( def 2 ).
Uranium 238 and thorium 232 are fertile nuclides.
- produced in abundance.
fertile
/ ˈɜːٲɪ /
adjective
- capable of producing offspring
- (of land) having nutrients capable of sustaining an abundant growth of plants
- (of farm animals) capable of breeding stock
- biology
- capable of undergoing growth and development
fertile seeds
fertile eggs
- (of plants) capable of producing gametes, spores, seeds, or fruits
- producing many offspring; prolific
- highly productive; rich; abundant
a fertile brain
- physics (of a substance) able to be transformed into fissile or fissionable material, esp in a nuclear reactor
- conducive to productiveness
fertile rain
fertile
- Capable of producing offspring, seeds, or fruit.
- Capable of developing into a complete organism; fertilized.
- Capable of supporting plant life; favorable to the growth of crops and plants.
Derived Forms
- ˈڱپԱ, noun
- ˈڱپ, adverb
Other Word Forms
- ڱt· adverb
- ڱt·Ա noun
- -ڱt adjective
- half-ڱt· adverb
- half-ڱt·Ա noun
- ԴDz·ڱt adjective
- v·ڱt adjective
- ·ڱt adjective
- ܲ·ڱt adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of fertile1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Art is a super fertile place to make associations because you create something that’s sort of parallel to reality.
He created such fertile ground for exploration and play.
It’s also close-knit and small, a fertile environment for slights to fester.
Saudi Arabia would have been fertile ground for Salah financially, but it could not offer the enticement of the biggest honours in the game, something he can still pursue at Liverpool.
At that time, most of the country's most fertile land was owned by some 4,000 white farmers.
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