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1. WordNet® 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]

2. 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.
   [1913 Webster]

         And all her husbandry doth lie on heaps
         Corrupting in its own fertility.         --Shak.
   [1913 Webster]

         Thy very weeds are beautiful; thy waste
         More rich than other climes' fertility.  --Byron.
   [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Fertility:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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