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# reproductive

«reproductive» in Mova's school dictionary: **To do with having young or making new living things** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (reproductive)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To do with having young or making new living things. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reproductive/#m1)

2) To do with copying or reproducing something, such as pictures. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reproductive/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons it is used in «reproductive system» (the body parts that let living things have young) and «reproductive parts of a flower» (stamen, carpel). It is a scientific, neutral word. Phrases: «reproductive system», «reproductive organs», «reproductive cycle».

### examples

- The stamen and carpel are the reproductive parts of a flower. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reproductive/#x1)
- We learnt about the life cycle and the reproductive system in science. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reproductive/#x2)
- Frogs have a reproductive cycle that starts with frogspawn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reproductive/#x3)
- Bees help the reproductive process of plants by carrying pollen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reproductive/#x4)
- Mammals and birds have different reproductive systems. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reproductive/#x5)
- The reproductive season for many birds is spring. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reproductive/#x6)

### note

Built from «reproduce» + «-ive». Noun: «reproduction». A science word used plainly in lessons; there is nothing rude about it.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «reproductive» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reproductive/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.