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Creation by the union of sperm or pollen with an animal or plant or egg cell
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fecundation
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
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 [syn: fertilization , fertilisation , impregnation ] making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure [syn: fertilization , fertilisation ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The process whereby a new organism is produced by fertilization
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fecundation \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 ...
Usage examples of fecundation.
That fecundation sometimes takes place from right to left and thus produces these abnormal variations.
It is supposed that fecundation is chiefly necessary to give to the gemmules the requisite amount of nourishment to insure development.
Wanaôs, as the Foulahs had said, was a deity of love and fecundation, the mother of all life, the mistress of the world, and her image had been accurately graven in wood by the pale strangers, so that the Azombeiians might have an exemplar for their idol.