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fertilest

fertilest is the superlative form of fertile.

Meaning of fertile

Adjective

fertile (comparative more fertile, superlative most fertile)

  1. Of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops; productive.
    • Taking advantage of the river's fertile floodplain, residents of the town of Skardu cultivate apricot, apple, and peach orchards in the sandy soil.1987 October, Galen Rowell, “Baltistan: The 20th Century Comes to Shangri-la”, in National Geographic, volume 172, number 4, page 529
    Synonyms:
    fat
  2. (figuratively) Of one's imagination, etc.: active, productive, prolific.
  3. Capable of reproducing; fecund, fruitful.
    • Most women at the age of fifty are not fertile.
    Synonyms:
    childing
  4. Capable of developing past the egg stage.
  5. Not itself fissile, but able to be converted into a fissile material by irradiation in a reactor.
    • There are two basic fertile materials: uranium-238 and thorium-232.

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Questions about fertilest

What is fertilest the superlative form of?
Fertilest is the superlative form of fertile.

Words near fertilest in the dictionary

  1. Fertile Belt
  2. Fertile Crescent
  3. Fertile Valley
  4. fertilely
  5. fertileness
  6. fertilest
  7. fertilin
  8. fertilins
  9. fertilisable
  10. fertilisation
  11. fertilisational

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