From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Soil, Biologyfertilefer‧tile /ˈfɜːtaɪl $ ˈfɜːrtl/●くろまる○しろまる○しろまる adjective1TASfertile land or soil is able to produce good crops800 acres of fertile cropland2HBable to produce babies, young animals, or new plantsOPP infertileMost men remain fertile into old age.3 →a fertile imagination/mind/brain4[only before noun]SITUATION a fertile situation is one in which something can easily develop and succeedthe fertile Philadelphia music sceneExamples from the Corpusfertile• That is whyscience has been so fertile.• The valley was fertile, and a good crop was a nearcertainty.• In this country, the plains states and the Southwest are fertile areas for a widevariety of game breeding.• He brought the fertile blackness of the earth with him.• fertilefarmland• I know that negotiations do not only constitute a bargaining process, but also serve as fertile ground for creativity.• While most men remainfertile into old age, women do not.• Journeynorth through the fertileKikuyuheartland to Nyeri where a buffetlunch will be served at the Outspan Hotel.• For instance, fertile land and buckets of rain lead Iowans to plant corn.• That period had made the city a fertilenews ground for freelancers such as myself.• Farmers left the rockyhills of New England for the fertile plains of the MiddleWest.• This was a fertilesource of incomprehension between him and Ellen.• This shrub likes sun and water as well as a fertilewell-drained soil.Originfertile(1400-1500)FrenchLatinferre"to carry, bear"