reproductive

[ree-pruh-duhk-tiv] /ˌri prəˈdʌk tɪv/

adjective

serving to reproduce.

concerned with or pertaining to reproduction:

a reproductive process; reproductive organs.

noun

Entomology. a sexually mature male or female termite; a member of the reproductive caste.

Origin

1745-55; re- + productive

Related forms

reproductively, adverb

reproductiveness, noun

nonreproductive, adjective

nonreproductively, adverb

nonreproductiveness, noun

unreproductive, adjective

unreproductively, adverb

unreproductiveness, noun

Examples from the web for reproductive

Gardeners cultivate many plants primarily for their flowers--but to botanists, a flower is simply a plant's reproductive unit.
Dark-Age laws would still deny to her the knowledge of her reproductive nature.
The intelligence of a people is of slow evolutional development-it lags far behind the reproductive ability.
It shows itself in the dream not only reproductive, but productive.
Plus, the thing that really sets them apart is the reproductive structure in the center of the flower, which is called the column.
So the researchers have been studying what reproductive barriers or ecological conditions are in play that prevent hybridization.
And why other birds let it get away with that sort of behavior, in the face of their own reproductive losses.
For the evolutionary biologists, we're all subject to the reproductive tastes that favored our hunting and gathering ancestors.
Other reproductive health services refuse to release information to parents, or even require parental consent.
Even during the spawning season, its reproductive system remains immature.

British Dictionary definitions for reproductive

/ˌriːprəˈdʌktɪv/

adjective

of, relating to, characteristic of, or taking part in reproduction

Derived Forms

reproductively, adverb
reproductiveness, noun

Word Origin and History for reproductive

adj.

1753; see reproduce + -ive. In U.S., reproductive rights attested from 1970.

reproductive in Medicine

reproductive re·pro·duc·tive (rē'prə-dŭk'tĭv)
adj.