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Fecundation

Fecundation Meaning & Definition
Fecundation Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Fecundation?

[n] making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure
[n] creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant

Synonyms | Synonyms for Fecundation: dressing | fertilisation | fertilization | impregnation

Related Terms | Find terms related to Fecundation:

See Also | conception | creation | cross-fertilisation | cross-fertilization | enrichment | pollenation | pollination | self-fertilisation | self-fertilization | superfecundation | superfetation | top dressing

Fecundation In Webster's Dictionary

\Fec`un*da"tion\, n. [Cf. F. f['e]condation.] (Biol.) The act by which, either in animals or plants, material prepared by the generative organs the female organism is brought in contact with matter from the organs of the male, so that a new organism results; impregnation; fertilization.

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