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fertility noun ( PEOPLE/ANIMALS/PLANTS )

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Definition

(of animals and plants) the quality of being able to produce young or fruit
a fertility symbol
declining fertility rates

(Definition of fertility noun (PEOPLE/ANIMALS/PLANTS) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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