fructuous

American  

[fruhk-choo-uhs] / ˈfrʌk tʃu əs /

adjective

1. productive; fertile; profitable.

   a fructuous region, rich in natural resources.

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fructuous British  

/ ˈfrʊk-, ˈfrʌktjʊəs /

adjective

1. productive or fruitful; fertile

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Other Word Forms

• fructuously adverb
• fructuousness noun
• unfructuous adjective

Etymology

Origin of fructuous

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin frūctuōsus, derivative of frūctus fruit; -ous

Example Sentences

Another branch of this umbrageous if not fructuous tree of lunar superstition is the moon's influence on human fortune.

From Moon Lore by Harley, Timothy

And it is drye and nothing fructuous; because that it hathe no moysture: and therefore is there so meche desart.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I by Hakluyt, Richard

And there is a full fair vale and a fructuous; and there is a fair city and a good that men clepe Neople. 

From The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by Mandeville, John, Sir

And though that men bring of the plants, for to plant in other countries, they grow well and fair; but they bring forth no fructuous thing, and the leaves of balm fall not. 

From The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by Mandeville, John, Sir

And thoughe that men bryngen of the plauntes, for to planten in other contrees, thei growen wel and fayre, but thei bryngen forthe no fructuous thing: and the leves of bawme ne fallen noughte.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I by Hakluyt, Richard