FECUNDATION
fertilization, fertilisation, fecundation, dressing
(noun) making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure
fertilization, fertilisation, fecundation, impregnation
(noun) creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
fecundation (countable and uncountable, plural fecundations)
The process whereby a new organism is produced by fertilization.
Source: Wiktionary
Fec`un*da"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. fécondation.] (Biol.)
Definition: The act by which, either in animals or plants, material
prepared by the generative organs the female organism is brought in
contact with matter from the organs of the male, so that a new
organism results; impregnation; fertilization.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition