Word Study
fructuous
CIDE DICTIONARY
fructuous, a. [L. fructuosus: cf, F. fructueux.].
Fruitful; productive; profitable. [1913 Webster]
"Nothing fructuous or profitable."
OXFORD DICTIONARY
fructuous, adj. full of or producing fruit.
Etymology
ME f. OF fructuous or L fructuosus (as FRUIT)
THESAURUS
fructuous
advantageous, advisable, appropriate, becoming, befitting, congruous, convenient, decent, desirable, expedient, favorable, feasible, felicitous, fit, fitten, fitting, good, happy, likely, meet, opportune, politic, profitable, proper, recommendable, right, seasonable, seemly, sortable, suitable, timely, to be desired, useful, well-timed, wise, worthwhile
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