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fertile

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fertile
1. capable of producing offspring
2. Biology
a. capable of undergoing growth and development
b. (of plants) capable of producing gametes, spores, seeds, or fruits
3. Physics (of a substance) able to be transformed into fissile or fissionable material, esp in a nuclear reactor


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AN Indian who had been driven out of a fertile valley by a White Settler, said:
Fables by Aesop View in context
His mind has a soil deep and fertile, Out of which spring his prudent counsels.
The Republic by Plato View in context
Those which lie east of the Mississippi are comparatively small, are exceedingly fertile, and are always surrounded by forests.
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