fertile

/ˈfər-tᵊl/

Middle English, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French, from Latin fertilis, from ferre to carry, bear

adjective

  1. producing or bearing many crops in great quantities : productive

  2. characterized by great resourcefulness of thought or imagination : inventive

  3. plentiful

fertile fields of corn and oats

a fertile mind

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.

geographical name

  1. semicircle of fertile land stretching from the southeastern coast of the Mediterranean (in Israel and Lebanon) around the Syrian Desert north of Arabia (in Syria and Iraq) to the Persian Gulf (in Iraq and Iran)

noun

  1. a place where something begins or develops in large amounts

Poor neighborhoods can be fertile soil for crime.