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