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Definition of Fertilization

1. Noun. Creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant.

2. Noun. Making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure.

Definition of Fertilization

1. n. The act or process of rendering fertile.

Definition of Fertilization

1. Noun. The act or process of rendering fertile. ¹

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

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fertilization

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Medical Definition of Fertilization

1. 1. The essential process in sexual reproduction, involving the union of two specialised haploid cells, the male and female gametes to give a diploid cell, the zygote, which then develops to form a new organism. 2. The act of fecundating or impregnating animal or vegetable germs; especially, the process by which in flowers the pollen renders the ovule fertile, or an analogous process in flowerless plants; fecundation; impregnation. 3. Close fertilization, the fertilization of pistils by pollen derived from the stamens of the same blossom. Cross fertilization, fertilization by pollen from some other blossom. See Cross. (28 Oct 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fertilization

fertilisers fertilises fertilising fertilitate fertilities fertility fertility agents fertility drug fertility drugs fertility rate

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Literary usage of Fertilization

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1900)
"At length, however, peculiar divisions begin which are characterized by two things, (1) that they are prepared for by fertilization and (2) that the ..."

2. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1918)
"SELF fertilization IN THE AIR-BREATHING POND SNAILS. ... The author has already shown that under certain conditions self fertilization is possible in the ..."

3. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1916)
"Cross and Self-fertilization Cross and Self-fertilization Working with cotton, the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station is testing the effects of cross ..."

4. Gray's School and Field Book of Botany: Consisting of "Lessons in Botany by Asa Gray (1887)
"Cross fertilization occurs when ovules are fertilized by pollen of other ... Close fertilization would soein to be the natural result iu ordinary ..."

5. Scientific Papers of Asa Gray by Asa Gray (1889)
"CROSS AND SELF-fertilization IN THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM. ME. DARWIN, in the title of his new work,1 refers only incidentally to adaptations for ..."

6. An Introduction to Cytology by Lester Whyland Sharp (1921)
"CHAPTER XII fertilization We have already pointed out that reduction and fertilization constitute the two principal cytological crises in the life cycles of ..."

7. Structural Botany: Or Organography on the Basis of Morphology. To which is by Asa Gray (1879)
"Every thing in the flower is in relation to fertilization and fructification, directly or indirectly. This section is concerned with those adaptations of ..."

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