fruitious

English

Etymology

(See fruition) From fruit +‎ -ious.

Adjective

fruitious (comparative more fruitious, superlative most fruitious)

  1. (obsolete) fruitful
    • 1735, William Ellis, The Practice of Farming and Husbandry in All Sorts of Soils:
      […] so likewise do all Earths abound in some degree with a fruitious Salt, as may be proved from the great Quantities of Salt-petre that have been extracted from covered Grounds by the help of Water […]
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