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The definition of fruitful is a fertile person with many children, or a plant that produces a lot of fruit, or something productive or effective.

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An example of a fruitful woman is a woman with 10 children.
An example of fruitful efforts are efforts to fund-raise that end up generating millions in donations.

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See fruitful in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

bearing much fruit
producing much; productive; prolific
producing results; profitable: a fruitful plan

Origin: ME

Related Forms:

fruitfully adverb
fruitfulness noun

See fruitful in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

a. Producing fruit.
b. Conducive to productivity; causing to bear in abundance: fruitful soil.
Producing something in abundance; prolific: a fruitful author of fiction.
Producing results; profitable. See Synonyms at fertile.

Related Forms:

fruitˈful·ly adverb

fruitˈful·ness noun

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