Meaning of FRUCTIFICATION
| Pronunciation: | | `fruktufu'keyshun
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- [n] organs of fruiting (especially the reproductive parts of ferns and mosses)
- [n] the bearing of fruit
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| | See Also: | | development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny, reproductive structure | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Fruc`ti*fi*ca"tion\, n. [L. fructificatio: cf.
F. fructification.]
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. (Bot.)
(a) The collective organs by which a plant produces its
fruit, or seeds, or reproductive spores.
(b) The process of producing fruit, or seeds, or spores.
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