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noun
- 1. the quality of being fertile; productiveness: "improve the soil fertility by adding compost" Similar
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Natural capability to produce offspring
Fertility in colloquial terms refers the ability to have offspring. In demographic contexts, fertility refers to the actual production of offspring, rather than the physical capability to reproduce, which is termed fecundity. The fertility rate is the average number of children born during an individual's lifetime. In medicine, fertility refers to the ability to have children, and infertility refe... Wikipedia