seedfuladj.
/ˈsiːdf(ᵿ)l/, U.S. /ˈsidf(ə)l/ Full of seed; (figurative) able to generate new growth.
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bearinglOE
fruitfula1300
plenteousc1325
fructuousa1382
birthful?c1475
fertile1481
broodya1522
yielding1556
foisonous1570
procreant1588
generative1597
yieldy1598
childing1600
seedful1605
thankful1610
foisonable1613
prolifical1615
fecundous1630
feracious1637
prolific1653
fetiferous1654
floriferous1656
productive1672
fœtant1678
spawning1682
uberousa1706
populous?1789
productible1830
grateful1832
resultful1833
genetic1838
tumid1840
polyphorous1858
generant1875
proliferent1920
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. v. 174 She [sc. the Phœnix] sits all gladly-sad, expecting Some flame..To burne her sacred bones to seed-full Cinders.
1767 R. Jago Edge-hill i. 8 Ev'ry seedful Herb, Flow'r, Plant, and Tree pregnant with future Store.
1859 C. Rossetti Poems (1904) 346/2 Love moves the subtle fountain-rills To fertilize uplifted hills, And seedful valleys fertilize.
1881 Ann. Rep. Regents 94 652 His life was a very active one, a seedful life, scattering seed in many, many hearts.
1939 L. H. Bailey Garden of Larkspurs 2 The Candle larkspurs are now past their bloom, but one old clump stands..holding aloft its upright seedful pods.
1991 R. Finch Cape Itself 59 The sunflower droops and covers her heavy, seedful head with dark, lapping leaves.
2003 Washington Post (Nexis) 15 July b1 Seedless watermelons, wimpy and mushy, simply do not taste as good as the seedful kind.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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