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
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.
• conception
• fecundation
• syngamy
• impregnation
Source: Wiktionary
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
8 July 2024
(noun) a line or route along which something travels or moves; “the hurricane demolished houses in its path”; “the track of an animal”; “the course of the river”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
