'Fertilized' definitions:
Definition of 'Fertilized'
From: GCIDE
- Fertilize \Fer"ti*lize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fertilized; p. pr. & vb. n. Fertilizing.] [Cf. F. fertiliser.]
- 1. To make fertile or enrich; to supply with nourishment for plants; to make fruitful or productive; as, to fertilize land, soil, ground, and meadows. [1913 Webster]
- And fertilize the field that each pretends to gain. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To fecundate; as, to fertilize flower. --A. R. Wallace. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'fertilized'
From: GCIDE
- fertilized \fertilized\ adj.
- 1. united with a male gamete to begin the development of an individual embryo; -- of female gametes.
- Syn: impregnated, inseminated. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
- 2. made more suitable for growth of crops by addition of fertilizer[2]; -- of soil.
- Syn: enriched. [PJC]
Words containing 'Fertilized'
- Fertile,
- Fertilely,
- Fertility,
- Fertilization,
- Fertilize,
- 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