[syn: fruitfulness, fecundity]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Fecundity \Fe*cun"di*ty\, n. [L. fecunditas: cf. F.
f['e]condit['e]. See Fecund.]
1. The quality or power of producing fruit; fruitfulness;
especially (Biol.), the quality in female organisms of
reproducing rapidly and in great numbers.
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2. The power of germinating; as in seeds.
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3. The power of bringing forth in abundance; fertility;
richness of invention; as, the fecundity of God's creative
power. --Bentley.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
fecundity
n 1: the intellectual productivity of a creative imagination
[syn: fecundity, fruitfulness]
2: the state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring
[syn: fertility, fecundity] [ant: infertility,
sterility]
3: the quality of something that causes or assists healthy
growth [syn: fruitfulness, fecundity] [ant: aridity,
barrenness, fruitlessness]