Definitions for: Fertilization


[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



Webster (1913) Definition: Fer`ti*li*za"tion, n.
1. The act or process of rendering fertile.

2. (Biol.) 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.

Close fertilization (Bot.), the fertilization of pistils by
pollen derived from the stamens of the same blossom.

Cross fertilization, fertilization by pollen from some
other blossom. See under Cross, a.

Synonyms: dressing, fecundation, fertilisation, impregnation

See Also: conception, creation, cross-fertilisation, cross-fertilization, enrichment, pollenation, pollination, self-fertilisation, self-fertilization, superfecundation, superfetation, top dressing

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