fruit ‧ ful /ˈfruːtf ə l/ BrE AmE adjective
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ fruit , ↑ fruition , ↑ fruiterer ; adjective : ↑ fruitful ≠ ↑ fruitless , ↑ fruity ; verb : ↑ fruit ; adverb : ↑ fruitfully ≠ ↑ fruitlessly ]
1 . producing good results OPP fruitless :
Today’s meeting proved more fruitful than last week’s.
a busy and fruitful time
a fruitful source of information
2 . literary land that is fruitful produces a lot of crops SYN fertile
—fruitfully adverb
—fruitfulness noun [uncountable]