fertileness
/ˈfɜːrtəlnəs/ · fer·tile·ness
noun
- The state or quality of being fertile; the capacity to produce abundant offspring, crops, or ideas. The farmer praised the soil's fertileness after the harvest yielded twice the expected amount.
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Did you know? Although "fertileness" appears in early modern English texts, it fell out of common usage by the 20th century, with "fertility" becoming the dominant term in scientific and everyday language.