Meaning of FECUNDATION
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- [n] making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure
- [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
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| | Synonyms: | | dressing, fertilisation, fertilization, impregnation |
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| | See Also: | | conception, creation, cross-fertilisation, cross-fertilization, enrichment, pollenation, pollination, self-fertilisation, self-fertilization, superfecundation, superfetation, top dressing | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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