01 n. The act or process of rendering fertile.
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1.
The act or process of rendering fertile.
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2.
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.(Biol.)
Phrases & compounds
Close fertilization —
the fertilization of pistils by pollen derived from the stamens of the same blossom.