fecund

/ˈfe-kənd/

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin fecundus

adjective

  1. fruitful in offspring or vegetation : prolific

  2. intellectually productive or inventive to a marked degree

a fecund breed of cattle

fertile fecund fruitful prolific mean producing or capable of producing offspring or fruit. fertile implies the power to reproduce in kind or to assist in reproduction and growth ; applied figuratively, it suggests readiness of invention and development.