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English Dictionary: fertility by the DICT Development Group
2 results for fertility
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fertility
n
  1. the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year
    Synonym(s): birthrate, birth rate, fertility, fertility rate, natality
  2. the state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring
    Synonym(s): fertility, fecundity
    Antonym(s): infertility, sterility
  3. the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovely in their rankness"
    Synonym(s): richness, rankness, prolificacy, fertility
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fertility \Fer*til"i*ty\, n. [L. fertilitas: cf. F.
      fertilit[82].]
      The state or quality of being fertile or fruitful;
      fruitfulness; productiveness; fecundity; richness; abundance
      of resources; fertile invention; quickness; readiness; as,
      the fertility of soil, or of imagination. [bd]fertility of
      resource.[b8] --E. Everett.
  
               And all her husbandry doth lie on heaps Corrupting in
               its own fertility.                                 --Shak.
  
               Thy very weeds are beautiful; thy waste More rich than
               other climes' fertility.                        --Byron.
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