fertile : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: fertile	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for fertile
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fertile adj capable of reproducing [ant: infertile, sterile, unfertile] intellectually productive; "a prolific writer"; "a fecund imagination" Synonym(s): fecund, fertile, prolific bearing in abundance especially offspring; "flying foxes are extremely prolific"; "a prolific pear tree" Synonym(s): prolific, fertile marked by great fruitfulness; "fertile farmland"; "a fat land"; "a productive vineyard"; "rich soil" Synonym(s): fat, fertile, productive, rich
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 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