FERTILIZATIONS

Noun

fertilizations

plural of fertilization

Source: Wiktionary

FERTILIZATION

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