J. Hector St. Jean de Crevecoeur's "Letters from an American Farmer"

fertile

Definition of fertile (adj)

1a: producing or bearing many crops in great quantities : PRODUCTIVE
b: characterized by great resourcefulness of thought or imagination
2a(1): capable of sustaining abundant plant growth
(2): affording abundant possibilities for growth or development
b: capable of growing or developing
c(1): capable of producing fruit
(2)of an another : containing pollen
(3): developing spores or spore-bearing organs
d: capable of breeding or reproducing
3: capable of being converted into fissionable material

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