fruit·ful

[froot-fuhl]
adjective
1.
producing good results; beneficial; profitable: fruitful investigations.
2.
abounding in fruit, as trees or other plants; bearing fruit abundantly.
3.
producing an abundant growth, as of fruit: fruitful soil; fruitful rain.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English; see fruit, -ful

fruit·ful·ly, adverb
fruit·ful·ness, noun
o·ver·fruit·ful, adjective
o·ver·fruit·ful·ly, adverb
o·ver·fruit·ful·ness, noun


1, 3. See productive.


1. barren.
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fruitful (ˈfruːtfʊl) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
1.  bearing fruit in abundance
2.  productive or prolific, esp in bearing offspring
3.  causing or assisting prolific growth
4.  producing results or profits: a fruitful discussion
 
'fruitfully
 
adv
 
'fruitfulness
 
n

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Word Origin & History

fruitful
c.1300, of trees, from fruit + -ful. Related: Fruitfully; fruitfulness. Of animals or persons from early 16c.; of immaterial things from 1530s.
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Example sentences
It's possible that he may get some interesting suggestions and have some
  fruitful conversations with citizens.
He and his co-authors suggest that tools, culture and a diverse gene pool
  helped our early ancestors be fruitful and multiply.
The trust they lavished on producers has resulted in fruitful relationships.
Something happened on my campus last year that offers a hopeful, even fruitful,
  answer to those questions.
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