Fecundity

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fecundity \Fe*cun"di*ty\, n. [L. fecunditas: cf. F.
     f['e]condit['e]. See {Fecund}.]
     1. The quality or power of producing fruit; fruitfulness;
        especially (Biol.), the quality in female organisms of
        reproducing rapidly and in great numbers.
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     2. The power of germinating; as in seeds.
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     3. The power of bringing forth in abundance; fertility;
        richness of invention; as, the fecundity of God's creative
        power. --Bentley.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fecundity
       n 1: the intellectual fruitfulness of a creative imagination
            [syn: {fruitfulness}]
       2: the state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring
          [syn: {fertility}] [ant: {sterility}]
       3: the quality of something that causes or assists healthy
          growth [syn: {fruitfulness}] [ant: {fruitlessness}]