productive

adjective

• 1producing or able to produce large amounts of goods, crops, or other commodities:the most productive employees
• relating to or engaged in the production of goods, crops, or other commodities:the country’s productive capacity
• achieving a significant amount or result:a long and productive career the therapy sessions became more productive
• [predic.] (productive of) producing or giving rise to:the hotel was not productive of amusing company
• Linguistics (of a prefix, suffix, or other linguistic unit) currently used in forming new words or expressions: many suffixes are common and productive

• 2 Medicine (of a cough) that raises mucus from the respiratory tract.