Definition of: fertile

(fûr′təl) adjective
1. Producing or capable of producing abundantly; fruitful or prolific; rich; productive; inventive.
2. Reproducing or capable of reproducing.
3. Bot. a Bearing or capable of producing fruit; capable of fertilizing or of being fertilized, as perfect anthers and pistils, b Productive of spore–bearing organs: said of ferns, etc.
4. Biol. Capable of growth or development; productive: said of seeds or eggs.
5. Causing or imparting productiveness: fertile rains.
6. Produced abundantly; plentiful. [<OF fertil <L fertilis <ferre bear]
—fer′tile·ly adverb Synonyms: exuberant, fecund, fruitful, luxuriant, productive, prolific, rich, teeming.