From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Fruitful \Fruit"ful\, adjective Full of fruit; producing fruit abundantly; bearing results; prolific; fertile; liberal; bountiful; as, a fruitful tree, or season, or soil; a fruitful wife. -- {Fruit"ful*ly}, adverb -- {Fruit"ful*ness}, noun
Be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth. --Gen. i. 28.
[Nature] By disburdening grows More fruitful. --Milton.
The great fruitfulness of the poet's fancy. --Addison.
Syn: Fertile; prolific; productive; fecund; plentiful; rich; abundant; plenteous. See {Fertile}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: the quality of something that causes or assists healthy growth [syn: {fecundity}] [ant: {fruitlessness}]
2: the intellectual fruitfulness of a creative imagination [syn: {fecundity}]
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