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fertile adjective [ ˈfəːtʌɪl ]

• (of soil or land) producing or capable of producing abundant vegetation or crops.
• "the fertile coastal plain"
Similar: fecund, fruitful, productive, high-yielding, prolific, proliferating, propagative, generative, rich, lush, fructuous,
Opposite: infertile,
• (of a person, animal, or plant) able to conceive young or produce seed.
Similar: able to conceive, able to have children, fecund, potent, generative, reproductive,
Opposite: barren,
Origin: late Middle English: via French from Latin fertilis, from ferre ‘to bear’.


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