fertile, fecund, fruitful, prolific mean producing or capable of producing offspring or fruit. fertile implies the power to reproduce in kind or to assist in reproduction and growth

FERTILE definition: bearing, producing, or capable of producing vegetation, crops, etc., abundantly; prolific. See examples of fertile used in a sentence.

fertile adjective (IMAGINATION) A fertile mind or imagination is active and produces a lot of interesting and unusual ideas.

Definition of fertile adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. (of land or soil) that plants grow well in. (of people, animals or plants) that can produce babies, young animals, fruit …

1. bearing, producing, or capable of producing vegetation, crops, etc., abundantly: fertile soil. 2. bearing or capable of bearing offspring. 3. abundantly productive; fecund: a fertile imagination. …

Dec 16, 2025 · From Middle English, from Middle French fertile, from Old French fertile, from Latin fertilis (“fruitful, fertile”), from ferō (“I bear, carry”).

fertile is an adjective, fertilizer and fertilization are nouns, fertilize is a verb: Many crops were grown on the fertile land. The farmer spread fertilizer on the land.

FERTILE meaning: 1 : producing many plants or crops able to support the growth of many plants; 2 : producing a large amount of something

Fertility in colloquial terms refers the ability to have offspring. In demographic contexts, fertility refers to the actual production of offspring, rather than the physical capability to reproduce, …

A person or animal that is fertile is able to reproduce and have babies or young. The operation cannot be reversed to make her fertile again.