Definitions for: Fructification


[n] organs of fruiting (especially the reproductive parts of ferns and mosses)
[n] the bearing of fruit



Webster (1913) 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.

See Also: development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny, reproductive structure

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