fertilization
Noun
The act or process of rendering fertile.
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The act of fecundating or impregnating the gametes of animals, plants, etc.; including the process by which in flowers the pollen renders the ovule fertile, an analogous process in flowerless plants, or the joining of sperm and egg in animals.
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In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, because self-fertilization will result in less diverse offspring than fertilization with pollen from another individual.
The act of applying fertilizer to soil.
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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
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making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure
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