fertilization

1. n. The act or process of rendering fertile. Source: opted

2. n. 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. Source: opted

3. 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 Source: wordnet

4. n. making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure Source: wordnet

5. 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. Source: webster

6. The act of fecundating or impregnating animal or vegetablegerms; esp., the process by which in flowers the pollen renders theovule fertile, or an analogous process in flowerless plants;fecundation; impregnation. Close fertilization (Bot.), thefertilization of pistils by pollen derived from the stamens of thesame blossom.-- Cross fertilization, fertilization by pollen from some otherblossom. See under Cross, a. Source: adambom

7. n:100 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 n. making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure Source: ecdict

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