'Fertility' definitions:

Definition of 'fertility'

From: WordNet
noun
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]
noun
The state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring [syn: fertility, fecundity] [ant: infertility, sterility]
noun
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]

Definition of 'Fertility'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]