'Fecundity' definitions:
Definition of 'fecundity'
(from WordNet)
noun
The intellectual productivity of a creative imagination [syn: fecundity, fruitfulness]
noun
The state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring [syn: fertility, fecundity] [ant: infertility, sterility]
noun
The quality of something that causes or assists healthy growth [syn: fruitfulness, fecundity] [ant: aridity, barrenness, fruitlessness]
Definition of 'Fecundity'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The power of germinating; as in seeds. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The power of bringing forth in abundance; fertility; richness of invention; as, the fecundity of God's creative power. --Bentley. [1913 Webster]