FERTILE

adjective see: bear Date: 15th century 1. producing or bearing fruit in great quantities ; productive , characterized by great resourcefulness of thought or imagination ; inventive , plentiful , 2. a. capable of sustaining abundant plant growth , affording abundant possibilities for growth or development , capable of growing or developing , c. capable of producing fruit, containing pollen, developing spores or spore-bearing organs, capable of breeding or reproducing, capable of being converted into fissionable material , ~ly adverb ~ness noun Synonyms: see: ~