fertileness


fer·tile

F0087800 (fûr′tl)adj.1. Biology a. Capable of initiating, sustaining, or supporting reproduction.b. Capable of growing and developing; able to mature: a fertile egg.2. Botany Bearing functional reproductive structures such as seeds or fruit or material such as spores or pollen.3. Bearing or producing crops or vegetation abundantly; fruitful.4. Rich in material needed to sustain plant growth: fertile soil.5. Highly or continuously productive; prolific: a fertile imagination; a fertile source of new ideas.6. Physics Capable of producing fissionable material: fertile thorium 232.
[Middle English fertil, from Old French fertile, from Latin fertilis, from ferre, to bear; see bher- in Indo-European roots.]
fer′tile·ly adv.fer′tile·ness n.Synonyms: fertile, fecund, fruitful, productive, prolific
These adjectives mean marked by great productivity: a fertile imagination; a fecund theory; fruitful efforts; a productive period; a prolific career.