'Fertilization' definitions:

Definition of 'fertilization'

(from WordNet)
noun
Creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant [syn: fertilization, fertilisation, fecundation, impregnation]
noun
Making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure [syn: fertilization, fertilisation, fecundation, dressing]

Definition of 'Fertilization'

From: GCIDE
  • Fertilization \Fer`ti*li*za"tion\, n.
  • 1. The act or process of rendering fertile. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]