adjective
fecund
FEE-kund/ˈfiːkənd/
Able to produce abundant new life.
The fecund tomato plant bears abundant fruit while producing still more blossoms.
Etymology
Latin fecundus described what is fruitful or productive. Applied to a mind or imagination, the same idea treats plentiful ideas as a kind of yield.
In context
We are told that if your dots are way above the stick of the i you have a very fecund imagination.
More examples
- This fecund breed of rabbit produces several litters each year.
- Even a single fecund plant can fill the bed with seedlings.
- Her fecund imagination supplies endless ideas for new stories.
Forms
fecund
fecundity noun — The capacity to produce abundant offspring.