Meanings
comparative more procreative · superlative most procreative
- Having the power to beget; generative.
The tortoise, with its characteristic protrusion of the head and neck, was a symbol sacred to Venus. It represented the procreative principle.
1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 235Synonyms: progenitive
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHaving the power to beget; generative.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveproducing new life or offspring
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Origin
- Latinprōcreātīvus
- Englishprocreative
From Latin prōcreātīvus. By surface analysis, procreate + -ive.
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