fertilization

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From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French fertilisation; equivalent to fertilize +‎ -ation

Noun

fertilization (countable and uncountable, plural fertilizations)

  1. The act or process of rendering fertile.
  2. The act of fecundating or impregnating animal or vegetable gametes; especially, the process by which in flowers the pollen renders the ovule fertile, or an analogous process in flowerless plants

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