Found 1 items, similar to Illegitimate fertilization.
English → English (gcide) Definition: Illegitimate fertilization Illegitimate \Il`le*git"i*mate\, a. 1. Not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper. [1913 Webster] 2. Unlawfully begotten; born out of wedlock; bastard; as, an illegitimate child. [1913 Webster] 3. Not legitimately deduced or inferred; illogical; as, an illegitimate inference. [1913 Webster] 4. Not authorized by good usage; not genuine; spurious; as, an illegitimate word. [1913 Webster] Illegitimate fertilization, or Illegitimate union (Bot.), the fertilization of pistils by stamens not of their own length, in heterogonously dimorphic and trimorphic flowers. --Darwin. [1913 Webster]