fructuous

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Another branch of this umbrageous if not fructuous tree of lunar superstition is the moon's influence on human fortune.

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  1. adjective Fruitful; productive.

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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Latin frūctuōsus, from frūctus, fruit; see fruit.

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  1. from Middle English fructuous (also frutuose), from Old French *fructueux, F. fructueux = Provencal fructuos = Spanish Portuguese fructuoso = Italian fruttuoso, from Latin fructuosus, abounding in fruit, fruitful, from fructus (fructu-), fruit: see fruit.
 

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