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Adjective: fertile  fur-t(u)l [N. Amer], 'fur,tI(-u)l [Brit]
  1. (of land or soil) capable of growing abundant crops or plants
    "fertile farmland";
    - fat, productive, rich
     
  2. Intellectually productive
    "a fertile imagination";
    - fecund, prolific
     
  3. Bearing in abundance especially offspring
    "flying foxes are extremely fertile";
    - prolific
     
  4. Capable of reproducing
    "The fertile soil produced an abundant harvest"

See also: conceptive [rare], fecund, fecundity, fertilisable [Brit], fertility, fertilizable, fruitful, impregnable [rare], potent, productive, rank, stiff, strong

Antonym: unfertile

Encyclopedia: Fertile, Missouri