fructuous
[ fruhk-choo-uhs ]
adjective
productive; fertile; profitable: a fructuous region, rich in natural resources.
Origin of fructuous
1Other words from fructuous
- fruc·tu·ous·ly, adverb
- fruc·tu·ous·ness, noun
- un·fruc·tu·ous, adjective
Words Nearby fructuous
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How to use fructuous in a sentence
Another branch of this umbrageous if not fructuous tree of lunar superstition is the moon's influence on human fortune.
Moon Lore | Timothy HarleyHence we may perhaps prefer to read no-thing fructuous, as in Caxton and Thynne.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 2 (of 7) | Geoffrey ChaucerAnd there is a full fair vale and a fructuous; and there is a fair city and a good that men clepe Neople.
The Travels of Sir John Mandeville | John Mandeville
British Dictionary definitions for fructuous
fructuous
/ (ˈfrʌktjʊəs, ˈfrʊk-) /
adjective
productive or fruitful; fertile
Origin of fructuous
1C14: from Latin frūctuōsus, from frūctus fruit + -ous
Derived forms of fructuous
- fructuously, adverb
- fructuousness, noun
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