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fe·cun·di·ty    Audio Help   [fi-kuhn-di-tee] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.the quality of being fecund; capacity, esp. in female animals, of producing young in great numbers.
2.fruitfulness or fertility, as of the earth.
3.the capacity of abundant production: fecundity of imagination.

[Origin: 1375–1425; late ME < L fécunditās fruitfulness, fertility. See fecund, -ity]
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fe·cun·di·ty    Audio Help   (fĭ-kŭn'dĭ-tē)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. The quality or power of producing abundantly; fruitfulness or fertility.
  2. Productive or creative power: fecundity of the mind.

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fecundity

noun
1. the intellectual productivity of a creative imagination 
2. the state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring [syn: fertility] [ant: infertility
3. the quality of something that causes or assists healthy growth [syn: fruitfulness] [ant: aridity

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Fecundity

Fe*cun"di*ty\, n. [L. fecunditas: cf. F. f['e]condit['e]. See Fecund.]

1. The quality or power of producing fruit; fruitfulness; especially (Biol.), the quality in female organisms of reproducing rapidly and in great numbers.

2. The power of germinating; as in seeds.

3. The power of bringing forth in abundance; fertility; richness of invention; as, the fecundity of God's creative power. --Bentley.
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