fertile

 
Pronunciation: /ˈfəːtʌɪl/

adjective

  • 1(of soil or land) producing or capable of producing abundant vegetation or crops: the fertile coastal plain
  • producing many new and inventive ideas: her fertile imagination
  • (of a situation) encouraging a particular activity or feeling: conditions at the time provided fertile ground for revolutionary movements
  • 2(of a person, animal, or plant) able to conceive young or produce seed.
  • (of a seed or egg) capable of becoming a new individual.
  • Physics (of nuclear material) able to become fissile by the capture of neutrons.

Origin:

late Middle English: via French from Latin fertilis, from ferre 'to bear'