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| Astarte |
in Semitic mythology, a goddess of love and fertility. |
| Baal |
any of various local deities, usu. fertility gods, worshiped by certain ancient Semitic peoples. [1/2 definitions] |
| biodynamic1 |
of or relating to a form of agriculture that applies mystical and astrological practices to farming and treats soil fertility, plant growth, and animal care as ecologically interrelated tasks. [1/2 definitions] |
| crop rotation |
a method of breaking disease cycles and renewing the fertility of the soil by planting a succession of different crops on the same piece of land. |
| Demeter |
in Greek mythology, the goddess of agriculture, marriage, and fertility; Ceres. |
| demographic |
of or relating to the study of human populations, involving statistical analysis of size, distribution, density, migration, fertility, and the like. [1/3 definitions] |
| demography |
the study of human populations, involving statistical analysis of size, distribution, density, migration, fertility, and the like. |
| exhaust |
to destroy the fertility of; deplete the resources of. [1/11 definitions] |
| Ishtar |
the Assyrian and Babylonian goddess of love, fertility, and later, war. |
| Isis |
in Egyptian mythology, the goddess of fertility. |
| ovary |
in an animal, the female reproductive organ that releases eggs and hormones regulating development and fertility. [1/2 definitions] |
| poverty |
lack of productiveness or fertility. [1/3 definitions] |
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