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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source
fe·cund    Audio Help   [fee-kuhnd, -kuhnd, fek-uhnd, -uhnd] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.producing or capable of producing offspring, fruit, vegetation, etc., in abundance; prolific; fruitful: fecund parents; fecund farmland.
2.very productive or creative intellectually: the fecund years of the Italian Renaissance.
[Origin: 1375–1425; late ME < L fécundus, equiv. to fé- (see fetus) + -cundus adj. suffix; r. late ME fecounde < AF]
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Thesaurus Entries
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus - Cite This Source
Main Entry:  fertile
Part of Speech:  adjective
Definition:  Capable of reproducing.
Synonyms:  fruitful, productive, prolific
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus - Cite This Source
Main Entry:  fertile
Part of Speech:  adjective
Definition:  Characterized by great productivity.
Synonyms:  fruitful, productive, prolific, rich
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.


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