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fecundity
CIDE DICTIONARY
fecundity, n. [L. fecunditas: cf. F. fécondité. See Fecund.].
- The quality or power of producing fruit; fruitfulness; especially
(Biol.) , the quality in female organisms of reproducing rapidly and in great numbers. [1913 Webster] - The power of germinating; as in seeds. [1913 Webster]
- The power of bringing forth in abundance; fertility; richness of invention; as, the fecundity of God's creative power. Bentley. [1913 Webster]
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fecundity
Productiveness
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