prolific, fertile
(adjective) bearing in abundance especially offspring; “flying foxes are extremely prolific”; “a prolific pear tree”
fecund, fertile, prolific
(adjective) intellectually productive; “a prolific writer”; “a fecund imagination”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
prolific (comparative more prolific, superlative most prolific)
Fertile; producing offspring or fruit in abundance — applied to plants producing fruit, animals producing young, etc.
Similarly producing results or works in abundance
(botany) Of a flower: from which another flower is produced.
• fertile
• (producing offspring or fruit in abundance): fecund
• (producing results or works in abundance): See also productive
Source: Wiktionary
Pro*lif"ic, a. Etym: [F. prolifique, fr. L. proles offspring (from pro for, forward + the root of alere to nourish) + facere to make. See Adult, Old, and Fact.]
1. Having the quality of generating; producing young or fruit; generative; fruitful; productive; -- applied to plants producing fruit, animals producing young, etc.; -- usually with the implied idea of frequent or numerous production; as, a prolific tree, female, and the like.
2. Serving to produce; fruitful of results; active; as, a prolific brain; a controversy prolific of evil.
3. (Bot.)
Definition: Proliferous.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 December 2024
(adjective) restricted to a particular condition of life; “an obligate anaerobe can survive only in the absence of oxygen”
Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.
