| NOUN | event | fertilization, fertilisation, fecundation, impregnation | creation by the physical union of male and female gametes |
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| event | fertilization, fertilisation, fecundation, dressing | making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure |
| Sounds | fer.tahlihzey'shahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| 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 | fertilisation, 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 | |
| Verbs | fertilize | introduce semen into (a female) |
| Meaning | making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure. | |
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| Synonyms | fertilisation, 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 | |
| Verbs | fertilize | provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to |
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