capable of producing or bearing fruit, esp in great quantities; productive
capable of sustaining abundant plant growth
fertile soil
characterized by great resourcefulness and activity; inventive
a fertile imagination
capable of breeding or reproducing
capable of growing or developing
a fertile egg
affording abundant possibilities for development
a fertile area for research
said of a substance: capable of being converted into fissile material
fertilely adv
fertileness noun
fertility /fuhʹtiliti/ noun
[Middle English via French from Latin fertilis, from ferre to carry, bear]