fertilization : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: fertilization	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fertilization n creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant Synonym(s): fertilization, fertilisation, fecundation, impregnation making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure Synonym(s): fertilization, fertilisation, fecundation, dressing
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fertilization \Fer`tiliza"tion\, n. 1. The act or process of rendering fertile. 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. {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.