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reproductive

[ree-pruh-duhk-tiv]

re·pro·duc·tive

[ree-pruh-duhk-tiv]
adjective
1.
serving to reproduce.
2.
concerned with or pertaining to reproduction: a reproductive process; reproductive organs.
noun
3.
Entomology. a sexually mature male or female termite; a member of the reproductive caste.

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Reproductive is always a great word to know.
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

Origin:
1745–55; re- + productive

re·pro·duc·tive·ly, adverb
re·pro·duc·tive·ness, noun
non·re·pro·duc·tive, adjective
non·re·pro·duc·tive·ly, adverb
non·re·pro·duc·tive·ness, noun
EXPAND
un·re·pro·duc·tive, adjective
un·re·pro·duc·tive·ly, adverb
un·re·pro·duc·tive·ness, noun
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reproductive (ˌriːprəˈdʌktɪv)
 
adj
of, relating to, characteristic of, or taking part in reproduction
 
repro'ductively
 
adv
 
repro'ductiveness
 
n

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reproductive re·pro·duc·tive (rē'prə-dŭk'tĭv)
adj.

  1. Of or relating to reproduction.

  2. Tending to reproduce.

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