fructuous

fructuous
fructuously, adv.fructuousness, n.
/fruk"chooh euhs/, adj.
productive; fertile; profitable: a fructuous region, rich in natural resources.
[1350-1400; ME < L fructuosus, deriv. of fructus fruit; see -OUS]

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  • fructuous — index fertile, productive Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • fructuous — [fruk′cho͞o əs] adj. [ME < OFr < L fructuosus < fructus, FRUIT] fruitful; productive …   English World dictionary

  • fructuous — adjective Date: 14th century fruitful < a fructuous land > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • fructuous — adj. full of or producing fruit. Etymology: ME f. OF fructuous or L fructuosus (as FRUIT) …   Useful english dictionary

  • fructuous — adjective fruitful ... and there is a fulle fair vale and a fructuouse, and there is a fair cytee and a gode, that men clepen Neople …   Wiktionary

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  • fructuous — adj. fertile, fruitful, productive …   English contemporary dictionary

  • fructuous — [ frʌktjʊəs] adjective formal full of or producing a great deal of fruit. Origin ME: from L. fructuosus, from fructus fruit …   English new terms dictionary

  • fructuous — fruc·tu·ous …   English syllables

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