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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Fructification

· Fruc·ti·fi·ca·tion · IPA
01 n. The act of forming or producing fruit; the act of fructifying, or rendering productive of fruit; fecundation.
  1. 1.
    The act of forming or producing fruit; the act of fructifying, or rendering productive of fruit; fecundation.
    “The prevalent fructification of plants.” — Sir T. Brown.
  2. 2.
    The collective organs by which a plant produces its fruit, or seeds, or reproductive spores.(Bot.)