1 (of land or soil) that plants grow well in:
a fertile valley / region
2 (of people, animals or plants) that can produce babies, young animals, fruit or new plants:
The treatment has been tested on healthy fertile women under the age of 35.
3 [usuallybeforenoun] that produces good results; that encourages activity:
a fertile partnership * The region at the time was fertile ground for revolutionary movements (= there were the necessary conditions for them to develop easily).
4 [usuallybeforenoun] (of a person's mind or imagination) that produces a lot of new ideas:
the product of a fertile imagination
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is fertile a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, fertile is tagged as adjective.
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