Found 3 items, similar to fertilization.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: fertilization
pemupukan, penghamilan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: fertilization
fertilization
n 1: 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:
fertilisation,
fecundation,
impregnation]
2: making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure [syn:
fertilisation,
fecundation,
dressing]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Fertilization
Fertilization
\Fer`ti*li*za"tion\, n.
1. The act or process of rendering fertile.
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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.
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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.
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