- 1(of land or soil) that plants grow well in a fertile region opposite infertile
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- 2(of people, animals, or plants) that can produce babies, young animals, fruit, or new plants The treatment has been tested on healthy fertile women under the age of 35. opposite infertile
- 3[usually before noun] that produces good results; that encourages activity a fertile partnership The region at the time was fertile ground for revolutionary movements (= there were the necessary conditions for them to develop easily).
- 4[usually before noun] (of a person's mind or imagination) that produces a lot of new ideas the product of a fertile imagination compare sterile
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