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English Dictionary: fruitful	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for fruitful
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fruitful adj productive or conducive to producing in abundance; "be fruitful and multiply" Antonym(s): unfruitful
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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"fully}, adv. -- {Fruit"fulness}, n. Be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth. --Gen. i. 28. [Nature] By disburdening grows More fruitful. --Milton. The great fruitfulness of the poet's fancy. --Addison. Syn: Fertile; prolific; productive; fecund; plentiful; rich; abundant; plenteous. See {Fertile}.