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fruitful

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fruit⋅ful

  [froot-fuhl]
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–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; ME; see fruit, -ful

Related forms:
fruit⋅ful⋅ly, adverb
fruit⋅ful⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1, 3. See productive.

Antonyms:
1. barren.
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fruit·ful   (frōōt'fəl)   
adj.  

    1. Producing fruit.

    2. Conducive to productivity; causing to bear in abundance: fruitful soil.

  2. Producing something in abundance; prolific: a fruitful author of fiction.

  3. Producing results; profitable. See Synonyms at fertile.

fruit'ful·ly adv., fruit'ful·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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