prolificacy

pro·lif·ic

(prə-lĭf′ĭk)

adj.

1. Producing offspring or fruit in great abundance; fertile: a prolific variety of grape.

2. Producing or characterized by abundant works or results: a prolific artist; a prolific period in a writer's life. See Synonyms at fertile.

[French prolifique, from Medieval Latin prōlificus : Latin prōlēs, prōl-, offspring; see al- in Indo-European roots + Latin -ficus, -fic.]

pro·lif′i·ca·cy (-ĭ-kə-sē), pro·lif′ic·ness (-ĭk-nĭs) n.

pro·lif′i·cal·ly adv.

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Noun

prolificacy - the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovely in their rankness"

rankness, fertility, richness

fruitfulness, fecundity - the quality of something that causes or assists healthy growth

prolificacy

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The quality or state of being fertile:

fecundity, fertility, fruitfulness, productiveness, productivity, prolificness, richness.

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But, as so often happens when a side enjoys so much possession and fails to capitalise, Poland punished Wales' prolificacy by equalising 18 minutes from time.

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Other traits of interest were hardiness, temperament, prolificacy, milk production, mothering ability, and meat quality.