NOUN | event | fertilisation, fertilization, fecundation, impregnation | creation by the physical union of male and female gametes |
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event | fertilisation, fertilization, fecundation, dressing | making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure |
Meaning | 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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Synonyms | fertilization, fecundation, impregnation | |
Narrower | cross-fertilization, cross-fertilisation | fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from different individual of the same species |
pollination, pollenation | transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of a plant | |
self-fertilization, self-fertilisation | fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from the same individual | |
superfecundation | fertilization of two or more ova released during the same menstrual cycle by sperm from separate acts of coitus (especially by different males) | |
superfetation | fertilization of a second ovum after a pregnancy has begun | |
Broader | creation, conception | The event that occurred at the beginning of something |
Spanish | fecundación, fertilización | |
Catalan | fecundació |
Meaning | making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure. | |
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Synonyms | fertilization, fecundation, dressing | |
Narrower | top dressing | A layer of fertilizer or manure not plowed in |
Broader | enrichment | Act of making fuller or more meaningful or rewarding |
Spanish | abono, fecundación, fertilización | |
Catalan | fertilització |
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