See Also: fecund(medicine)
Fecund(health)
fecund(dictionary)
fecund(dictionary)

intumescence (iou) and fecund (oh)


intumescence (iou)



intumescence noun. M17.
[French, from Latin intumescere: see INTUMESCE, -ENCE.]
The process of swelling up. M17.
The bubbling up of a fluid or molten mass. M17.
Medicine & Botany. A swelling of any part of the body or of a plant. E19.

fecund (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: French; Origin: fecond, from Latin fecundus]
able to produce many children, young animals, or crops
-synonym fertile fertile
-- fecundity /fI5kQndZti/ n [U]