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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year;
[syn: birthrate, birth rate, fertility, fertility rate, natality]

2. the state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring;
[syn: fertility, fecundity]

3. the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth;
- Example: "he praised the richness of the soil"
- Example: "weeds lovely in their rankness"
[syn: richness, rankness, prolificacy, fertility]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Fertility \Fer*til"i*ty\, n. [L. fertilitas: cf. F.
   fertilit['e].]
   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. "fertility of
   resource." --E. Everett.
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         And all her husbandry doth lie on heaps
         Corrupting in its own fertility.         --Shak.
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         Thy very weeds are beautiful; thy waste
         More rich than other climes' fertility.  --Byron.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

fertility
    n 1: the ratio of live births in an area to the population of
         that area; expressed per 1000 population per year [syn:
         birthrate, birth rate, fertility, fertility rate,
         natality]
    2: the state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring
       [syn: fertility, fecundity] [ant: 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" [syn: richness,
       rankness, prolificacy, fertility]