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fecundity

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

   2. The power of germinating; as in seeds.

   3. The power of bringing forth in abundance; fertility;
      richness of invention; as, the fecundity of God's creative
      power. --Bentley.

Source : WordNet®

fecundity
     n 1: the intellectual fruitfulness of a creative imagination
          [syn: {fruitfulness}]
     2: the state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring
        [syn: {fertility}] [ant: {sterility}]
     3: the quality of something that causes or assists healthy
        growth [syn: {fruitfulness}] [ant: {fruitlessness}]
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