1.
Land or soil that is ~ is able to support the growth of a large number of strong healthy plants. (FORMAL)
The pampas are still among the most ~ lands in the world...
ADJ
2.
If you describe something as ~, you approve of it because it produces a lot of good or useful things. (FORMAL)
It has now become clear how extraordinarily ~ a decade was the 1890s.
= productive
ADJ approval