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fructuous

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fruc⋅tu⋅ous

  [fruhk-choo-uhs]
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–adjective
productive; fertile; profitable: a fructuous region, rich in natural resources.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L frūctuōsus, deriv. of frūctus fruit; see -ous

Related forms:
fruc⋅tu⋅ous⋅ly, adverb
fruc⋅tu⋅ous⋅ness, noun
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fruc·tu·ous   (frŭk'chōō-əs, frŏŏk'-)   
adj.  Fruitful; productive.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin frūctuōsus, from frūctus, fruit; see fruit.]
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