D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Fruitful

/fro͞ot'-fəl/ · Fruit·ful · IPA /ˈfɹuːtfl̩/
01 a. Full of fruit; producing fruit abundantly; bearing results; prolific; fertile; liberal; bountiful; as, a fruitful tree, or season, or soil;…
  1. 1.
    Full of fruit; producing fruit abundantly; bearing results; prolific; fertile; liberal; bountiful; as, a fruitful tree, or season, or soil; a fruitful wife.
    “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.