About The Word Fertilization
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Fertilization
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What's The Definition Of Fertilization?
[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 Fertilization: dressing | fecundation | fertilisation | impregnation Related Terms | Find terms related to Fertilization: See Also | conception | creation | cross-fertilisation | cross-fertilization | enrichment | pollenation | pollination | self-fertilisation | self-fertilization | superfecundation | superfetation | top dressing Fertilization In Webster's Dictionary \Fer`ti*li*za"tion\, n.
1. The act or process of rendering fertile.
2. (Biol.) 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.
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