FRUCTIFICATION

fructification

(noun) organs of fruiting (especially the reproductive parts of ferns and mosses)

fructification

(noun) the bearing of fruit

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

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



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