FERTILE


Meaning of FERTILE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈfə:taɪl ]

adj. 1 a (of soil) producing abundant vegetation or crops. b fruitful. 2 a (of a seed, egg, etc.) capable of becoming a new individual. b (of animals and plants) able to conceive young or produce fruit. 3 (of the mind) inventive. 4 (of nuclear material) able to become fissile by the capture of neutrons. øFertile Crescent the fertile region extending in a crescent shape from the E. Mediterranean to the Persian Gulf. øøfertility n. [ME f. F f. L fertilis]

English main colloquial, spoken dictionary.      Английский основной разговорный словарь.