Sterile and Spayed

Sterile

Sterile adjective - Not able to produce fruit or offspring.
Usage example: the apple tree turned out to be sterile, never yielding a crop of apples

Spayed and sterile are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Spayed" instead an adjective "Sterile".

Spayed

Spayed adjective - (of a female animal) having the ovaries removed.

Sterile and spayed are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Sterile" instead an adjective "Spayed".

Nearby Word: spaying
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