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—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 — Fruc tu*ous, a. [L. fructuosus: cf, F. fructueux.] Fruitful; productive; profitable. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Nothing fructuous or profitable. Chaucer. {Fruc tu*ous*ly}, adv. {Fruc tu*ous*ness}, n. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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
fructuous — Synonyms and related words: advantageous, advisable, appropriate, becoming, befitting, congruous, convenient, decent, desirable, expedient, favorable, feasible, felicitous, fit, fitten, fitting, good, happy, likely, meet, opportune, politic,… … Moby Thesaurus
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
