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FECUND
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fecund mean?
• FECUND (adjective)
The adjective FECUND has 2 senses:
1. capable of producing offspring or vegetation
2. intellectually productive
Familiarity information: FECUND used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Capable of producing offspring or vegetation
Similar:
fertile (capable of reproducing)
Derivation:
fecundity (the state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Intellectually productive
Synonyms:
Context example:
a fecund imagination
Similar:
productive (producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly))
Derivation:
fecundity (the intellectual productivity of a creative imagination)
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