fertility
The condition, or the degree, of being fertile.
Example
“Muckspreading increases the fertility of the soil.”
Other meanings
The birthrate of a population; the number of live births per 1000 people per year.
The average number of births per woman within a population.
Synonyms
- birth rate
Related words
- antifertility
- fertility cult
- autofertility
- fertility clinic
- fertility drug
- fertility tourism
- fosmid
- hyperfertility
- hypofertility
- interfertility
- nonfertility
- oncofertility
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “fertility” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.