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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fertile \Fer"tile\ (? or ?; 277), a. [L. fertilis, fr ferr? to
bear, produce: cf F. fertile. See {Bear} to support.]
1. Producing fruit or vegetation in abundance; fruitful; able
to produce abundantly; prolific; fecund; productive; rich;
inventive; as fertile land or fields; a fertile mind or
imagination.
Though he in a fertile climate dwell. --Shak.
2. (Bot.)
a Capable of producing fruit; fruit-bearing; as fertile
flowers.
b Containing pollen; -- said of anthers.
3. produced in abundance; plenteous; ample.
Henceforth, my early care . . . Shall tend thee, and
the fertile burden ease Of thy full branches.
--Milton.
Syn: {Fertile}, {Fruitful}.
Usage: Fertile implies the inherent power of production;
fruitful, the act The prairies of the West are
fertile by nature, and are turned by cultivation into
fruitful fields. The same distinction prevails when
these words are used figuratively. A man of fertile
genius has by nature great readiness of invention; one
whose mind is fruitful has resources of thought and a
readiness of application which enable him to think and
act effectively.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
fertile
adj 1: capable of reproducing [ant: {infertile}]
2: intellectually productive; "a prolific writer"; "a fecund
imagination" [syn: {fecund}, {prolific}]
3: bearing in abundance especially offspring; "flying foxes are
extremely prolific"; "a prolific pear tree" [syn: {prolific}]
4: marked by great fruitfulness; "fertile farmland"; "a fat
land"; "a productive vineyard"; "rich soil" [syn: {fat}, {productive},
{rich}]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Fertile, IA (city, FIPS 27390)
Location: 43.26487 N, 93.42258 W
Population (1990): 382 (161 housing units)
Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 50434
Fertile, MN (city, FIPS 20978)
Location: 47.53207 N, 96.29134 W
Population (1990): 853 (421 housing units)
Area: 4.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 56540
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