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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Alternative spelling of fertilization. UK, alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
2. 2
   making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure wordnet
3. 3
   creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

dressingfecundationfertilizationfertilizationimpregnation

Etymology

From the French; equivalent to fertilise + -ation.

Related phrases

cross-fertilisationself-fertilisationsexual reproduction

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