fertility
fertility Lexical Profile
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• noun
The natural capacity of an organism to conceive and produce offspring, or the rate of births within a given population.
"Advances in reproductive medicine have helped many couples overcome challenges related to declining fertility."
The quality of soil or land being rich in nutrients and capable of producing abundant vegetation or crops.
"Crop rotation and composting are sustainable farming practices that restore the natural fertility of the soil."
The capacity of the mind or imagination to generate abundant new ideas, inventions, or artistic works.
"Critics praised the novelist for the remarkable fertility of her imagination across dozens of books."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late 15th century from Old French fertilite, from Latin fertilitatem, from fertilis ('fruitful, productive'), ultimately derived from the verb ferre ('to bear, carry, or produce').