fertilization
The act or process of rendering fertile.
Other meanings
The act of fecundating or impregnating the gametes of animals, plants, etc.; including the process by which in flowers the pollen renders the ovule fertile, an analogous process in flowerless plants, or the joining of sperm and egg in animals.
The act of applying fertilizer to soil.
Related words
- alternative fertilization
- biofertilization
- cross-fertilization
- defertilization
- external fertilization
- fertilizational
- heterofertilization
- internal fertilization
- legitimate fertilization
- in vitro fertilization
- overfertilization
- postfertilization
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “fertilization” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.