procreative

adj

procreative

adj

Etymology From Latin prōcreātīvus. By surface analysis, procreate + -ive.

1

Having the power to beget; generative.

The tortoise, with its characteristic protrusion of the head and neck, was a symbol sacred to Venus. It represented the procreative principle.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 235:

Synonyms: progenitive
Derived terms: nonprocreative, procreativeness, unprocreative

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