Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.
Class I. Words Expressing Abstract RelationsSection VIII. Causation
3. Power in Operation
168. Productiveness.
[COMPARISONS] milch cow, rabbit, hydra, warren, seed plot, land flowing with milk and honey.
AFTERMATH, second crop, aftercrop, aftergrowth, arrish [dial. Eng.], eddish [dial. Eng.], rowen.
MULTIPLICATION, multiparity, propagation, procreation; superfetation, pregnancy, pullulation [rare], fructification.
PROCREANT, procreative; generative, life-giving, spermatic, inceptive, originative; multiparous; omnific; propagable.
parturient (producing) [See Production]; profitable (useful) [See Utility].