Fertile Definition

fûrtl
adjective
Capable of initiating, sustaining, or supporting reproduction.
American Heritage Medicine
Causing or helping fertility.
The sun's fertile warmth.
Webster's New World
Producing abundantly; rich in resources or invention; fruitful; prolific.
Webster's New World
Able to produce young, seeds, fruit, pollen, spores, etc.
Webster's New World
Capable of development into a new individual; fertilized.
Fertile eggs.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Fertile

  • Middle English fertil from Old French fertile from Latin fertilis from ferre to bear bher-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French, from Latin fertilis (“fruitful, fertile”), from ferō (“I bear, carry”).

    From Wiktionary

Fertile Sentence Examples

  • There is an abundance of fertile soil and magnificent grazing land.

  • Climate and a fertile soil have been important elements in this growth.

  • On to rural America where the pickings are as fertile as the country side and there's always a trusting little soul willing to help a stranger.

  • The larger islands have some fertile and well-watered valleys and plains.

  • It is situated in a fertile plain 142 m.

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Words Starting With

FFEFER

Words Ending With

ELEILE

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Words Starting With F and Ending With E

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With F7 Letter Words Ending With E