fer ‧ tile /ˈfɜːtaɪl $ ˈfɜːrtl/ BrE AmE adjective
[ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: French ; Origin: Latin ferre 'to carry, bear' ]
1 . fertile land or soil is able to produce good crops:
800 acres of fertile cropland
2 . able to produce babies, young animals, or new plants OPP infertile :
Most men remain fertile into old age.
3 . a fertile imagination/mind/brain an imagination, mind etc that is able to produce a lot of interesting and unusual ideas
4 . [only before noun] a fertile situation is one in which something can easily develop and succeed:
the fertile Philadelphia music scene