fertilization
English
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Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French fertilisation; equivalent to fertilize + -ation
Noun
fertilization (countable and uncountable, plural fertilizations)
- The act or process of rendering fertile.
- 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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act of rendering fertile
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act of fecundating
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