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fecund

\FEE-kuhnd; FEK-uhnd\ , adjective:
1.Capable of producing offspring or vegetation; fruitful; prolific.
2.Intellectually productive or inventive.
形容词 a.
1.生殖力强的
2.多产的;肥沃的;丰饶的

Quotes:
Wainscott's book is . . . focused squarely and surely on probably the most astonishingly fecund period in American theater history, 1914-1929.
~James Coakley, Comparative Drama
In her first novel she portrays a lush, fecund landscape palpable in its sultriness and excess.
~Barbara Crossette, "Seeking Nirvana", New York Times, April 29, 2001
Miss Ozick can convert any skeptic to the cult of her shrewd and fecund imagination.
~Edmund White, "Images of a Mind Thinking", New York Times, September 11, 1983

Origin:
Fecund comes from Latin fecundus, "fruitful, prolific." The noun form is fecundity.