fructuous

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: fruc=tu=ous

CIDE DICTIONARY

fructuous, a. [L. fructuosus: cf, F. fructueux.].

 Fruitful; productive; profitable.  [1913 Webster]
"Nothing fructuous or profitable."

OXFORD DICTIONARY

fructuous, adj. full of or producing fruit.

Etymology

ME f. OF fructuous or L fructuosus (as FRUIT)

THESAURUS

fructuous

advantageous, advisable, appropriate, becoming, befitting, congruous, convenient, decent, desirable, expedient, favorable, feasible, felicitous, fit, fitten, fitting, good, happy, likely, meet, opportune, politic, profitable, proper, recommendable, right, seasonable, seemly, sortable, suitable, timely, to be desired, useful, well-timed, wise, worthwhile