infructuose, a.
(ɪnˌfrʌktjuːˈəʊs)
[ad. L. infructuōsus unfruitful, fruitless: see in-3 and fructuose.]
Not producing fruit, unfruitful, unprofitable; = infructuous.
| 1727 Bailey vol. II, Infructuose, unfruitful. 1879 Farrar St. Paul I. 128 These more intellectual Jews were not content with an infructuose Rabbinism. |
Hence infructuˈosity, unfruitfulness, sterility.
| 1859 Sat. Rev. VII. 553/2 The immobility and infructuosity of the parasitic plants which flourish best in the rereward of the Eastern Counties. |