Meanings
adjectivefructiferous (comparative more fructiferous, superlative most fructiferous)
comparative more fructiferous · superlative most fructiferous
- Synonym of fruit-bearing.
Synonyms: fruit-bearing · Antonyms: infructiferous
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
From Latin frūctus + -i- + -ferous.
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with fructiferous
carboniferousseminiferouscruciferousmetalliferousfossiliferousodoriferousacetabuliferousacidiferousaeriferousaestiferousagatiferousalbuminiferousaliferousalkaliferousalumiferousaluminiferousamberiferousamentiferousammonitiferousamygdaliferousamyliferousanatiferousangeliferousantenniferous
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APA
fructiferous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fructiferous
MLA
“fructiferous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fructiferous. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fructiferous,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fructiferous.
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