Fruitfulness

2 definitions found

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

  Fruitful \Fruit"ful\, a.
     Full of fruit; producing fruit abundantly; bearing results;
     prolific; fertile; liberal; bountiful; as, a fruitful tree,
     or season, or soil; a fruitful wife. -- {Fruit"ful*ly}, adv.
     -- {Fruit"ful*ness}, n.
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           Be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth.
                                                    --Gen. i. 28.
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           [Nature] By disburdening grows
           More fruitful.                           --Milton.
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           The great fruitfulness of the poet's fancy. --Addison.
  
     Syn: Fertile; prolific; productive; fecund; plentiful; rich;
          abundant; plenteous. See {Fertile}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fruitfulness
       n 1: the quality of something that causes or assists healthy
            growth [syn: {fecundity}] [ant: {fruitlessness}]
       2: the intellectual fruitfulness of a creative imagination
          [syn: {fecundity}]