FECUND


Meaning of FECUND in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ fi:kənd, fek- ]

1.

Land or soil that is fecund is able to support the growth of a large number of strong healthy plants. ( FORMAL )

The pampas are still among the most fecund lands in the world...

ADJ

2.

If you describe something as fecund , you approve of it because it produces a lot of good or useful things. ( FORMAL )

It has now become clear how extraordinarily fecund a decade was the 1890s.

= productive

ADJ [ approval ]

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