Definition for FER-TIL'I-TY

FER-TIL'I-TY, n. [L. fertilitas.]

  1. Fruitfulness; the quality of producing fruit in abundance; as, the fertility of land, ground, soil, fields and meadows.
  2. Richness; abundant resources; fertile invention; as, the fertility of genius, of fancy or imagination.

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