fructuous

[ fruhk-choo-uhs ]

adjective

1. productive; fertile; profitable:

   a fructuous region, rich in natural resources.

fructuous

/ ˈfrʊk-; ˈfrʌktjʊəs /

adjective

1. productive or fruitful; fertile

Derived Forms

• ˈfructuously, adverb
• ˈfructuousness, noun

Other Words From

• fructu·ous·ly adverb
• fructu·ous·ness noun
• un·fructu·ous adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of fructuous¹

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin frūctuōsus, derivative of frūctus fruit; -ous

Word History and Origins

Origin of fructuous¹

C14: from Latin frūctuōsus , from frūctus fruit + -ous

Example Sentences

Another branch of this umbrageous if not fructuous tree of lunar superstition is the moon's influence on human fortune.

From Project Gutenberg

Hence we may perhaps prefer to read no-thing fructuous, as in Caxton and Thynne.

From Project Gutenberg

And there is a full fair vale and a fructuous; and there is a fair city and a good that men clepe Neople.

From Project Gutenberg