/feuhr til"i tee/ , n.
1. the state or quality of being fertile.
2. Biol. the ability to produce offspring; power of reproduction: the amazing fertility of rabbits.
3. the birthrate of a population.
4. (of soil) the capacity to supply nutrients in proper amounts for plant growth when other factors are favorable.
[ 1375-1425; late ME fertilite ( fertilitas. See FERTILE, -ITY ]