fructification
(noun) organs of fruiting (especially the reproductive parts of ferns and mosses)
fructification
(noun) the bearing of fruit
Source: WordNet® 3.1
fructification (countable and uncountable, plural fructifications)
(botany) The act of forming or producing fruit; the act of fructifying, or rendering productive of fruit; fecundation.
(botany) The collective organs by which a plant produces its fruit, or seeds, or reproductive spores.
Source: Wiktionary
Fruc`ti*fi*ca"tion, n. Etym: [L. fructificatio: cf. F. fructification.]
1. The act of forming or producing fruit; the act of fructifying, or rendering productive of fruit; fecundation. The prevalent fructification of plants. Sir T. Brown.
2. (Bot.) (a) The collective organs by which a plant produces its fruit, or seeds, or reproductive spores. (b) The process of producing fruit, or seeds, or spores.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 March 2025
(noun) the replacement of an edge or solid angle (as in cutting a gemstone) by a plane (especially by a plane that is equally inclined to the adjacent faces)
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