'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]
Words containing 'Fertilization'
- Fertile,
- Fertilely,
- Fertility,
- Fertilize,
- Fertilized,
- Fertilizer,
- Fertilizing,
- fertileness,
- Close fertilization,
- Cross fertilization,
- Fertile, IA,
- Fertile, MN,
- Illegitimate fertilization,
- fertile crescent,
- fertile period,
- fertile phase,
- fertility drug,
- fertility god,
- fertility rate,
- fertilization age,
- fertilization membrane,
- fertilized egg,
- fertilized ovum,
- organic fertilizer,
- Cross-fertilize,
- Cross-fertilized,
- Cross-fertilizing,
- Self-fertilization,
- Self-fertilized,
- Wind-fertilized,
- cross-fertilization