FERTILIZATION

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

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Etymology

Noun

fertilization (countable and uncountable, plural fertilizations)

The act or process of rendering fertile.

The act of fecundating or impregnating animal or vegetable gametes; especially, the process by which in flowers the pollen renders the ovule fertile, or an analogous process in flowerless plants

The act of applying fertilizer to soil.

Synonyms

• conception

• fecundation

• syngamy

• impregnation

Source: Wiktionary

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Fer`ti*li*za"tion, n.

1. The act or process of rendering fertile.

2. (Biol.)

Definition: The act of fecundating or impregnating animal or vegetable germs; esp., the process by which in flowers the pollen renders the ovule fertile, or an analogous process in flowerless plants; fecundation; impregnation. Close fertilization (Bot.), the fertilization of pistils by pollen derived from the stamens of the same blossom.

– Cross fertilization, fertilization by pollen from some other blossom. See under Cross, a.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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