fertile
fer·tile
adjective
1.
capable of reproducing
2.
- “a prolific writer”
- “a fecund imagination”
3.
4.
- “fertile farmland”
- “a fat land”
- “a productive vineyard”
- “rich soil”
Origin
From Middle English, from Middle French fertile, from Old French fertile, from Latin fertilis (“fruitful, fertile”), from ferō (“to bear, carry”).
Phrases
- fertile as a turtle
- Fertile Belt
- Fertile Crescent
- Fertile Valley
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See also
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