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| Ster"ile |
[F.
stérile, L. sterilis, akin to Gr.
stereo`s stiff, solid, stei^ros barren,
stei^ra a cow that has not calved, Goth.
stair , fem., barren. See Stare to gaze.] |
Producing little or no crop; barren;
unfruitful; unproductive; not fertile; as, sterile land; a
sterile desert; a sterile year.
Incapable of reproduction; unfitted for reproduction of
offspring; not able to germinate or bear fruit; unfruitful; as, a
sterile flower, which bears only stamens.
Fig.: Barren of ideas; destitute of
sentiment; as, a sterile production or author.
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