noun
1. the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year
• Syn: ↑birthrate, ↑birth rate, ↑fertility rate, ↑natality
• Hypernyms: ↑rate
2. the state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring
• Syn: ↑fecundity
• Ant: ↑infertility
• Hypernyms: ↑physical condition, ↑physiological state, ↑physiological condition
3. the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth
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he praised the richness of the soil
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weeds lovely in their rankness
• Syn: ↑richness, ↑rankness, ↑prolificacy
• Hypernyms: ↑fruitfulness, ↑fecundity
Useful english dictionary. 2012.