Crossword clues for fecundation
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 new organism results; impregnation; fertilization.
Wiktionary
n. The process whereby a new organism is produced by fertilization
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, dressing]
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.