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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
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
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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