reproductive

reproductive
/ree'preuh duk"tiv/, adj.
1. serving to reproduce.
2. concerned with or pertaining to reproduction: a reproductive process; reproductive organs.
n.
3. Entomol. a sexually mature male or female termite; a member of the reproductive caste.
[1745-55; RE- + PRODUCTIVE]

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