Fecund
ˈfɛkənd
adjective
capable of producing offspring or vegetation; fruitful
The word 'fecund' is often used to describe something that is fertile, productive, or capable of bringing forth abundance. It can be used to describe both literal and figurative fertility or productivity.
See how Walt Whitman, Stephen King and 2 other authors use "fecund", with its meaning, pronunciation and real book examples.
Examples from books
His mind had a nose as well as an eye, and it smelled the bland yet fecund aroma of children.
Stephen King
Wolves of the Calla
There was a rich and fecund tidal smell.
Stephen King
The Stand
To say: “the plant wills,” instead of: “the plant grows”: this would be fecund in results, indeed, if we were to add: “the universe wills.” Why?
Victor Hugo
Les Misérables
3 Fecund America—to-day, Thou art all over set in births and joys!
Walt Whitman
Leaves of Grass
And also it was marvel to see in that castle how by magic they make a compost out of fecund wheat kidneys out of Chaldee that by aid of certain angry spirits that they do into it swells up wondrously like to a vast mountain.
James Joyce
Ulysses
