REPRODUCTIVE

generative, procreative, reproductive

(adjective) producing new life or offspring; “the reproductive potential of a species is its relative capacity to reproduce itself under optimal conditions”; “the reproductive or generative organs”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

reproductive (comparative more reproductive, superlative most reproductive)

Of or relating to reproduction.

That reproduces.

Noun

reproductive (plural reproductives)

(biology) A reproductive organism (especially such as in an insect).

Anagrams

• overpictured

Source: Wiktionary


Re`pro*duc"tive (-tv), a. Etym: [Cf. F. reproductif.]

Definition: Tending, or pertaining, to reproduction; employed in reproduction. Lyell.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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