Fecundation

  • 21fertilization — noun a) The act or process of rendering fertile. b) The act of fecundating or impregnating animal or vegetable gametes; esp., the process by which in flowers the pollen renders the ovule fertile, or an analogous process in flowerless plants;… …

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  • 22Fertilization — is the process of combining the male gamete, or "sperm," with the female gamete, or "ovum." The product of this combination is a cell called a zygote. * * * The process beginning with penetration of the secondary oocyte by the …

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  • 23Production — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Production >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 1 =>{ant,162,158} production creation construction formation fabrication manufacture Sgm: N 1 building building architecture erection edification Sg …

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  • 24fertilise — verb 1. make fertile or productive The course fertilized her imagination • Syn: ↑fertilize, ↑fecundate • Derivationally related forms: ↑fecundation (for: ↑fecundate), ↑ …

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  • 25impregnation — noun 1. material with which something is impregnated the impregnation, whatever it was, had turned the rock blue • Hypernyms: ↑material, ↑stuff 2. the process of totally saturating something with a substance the impregnation of wood with… …

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  • 26Autofecundation — Au to*fec un*da tion, n. [Auto + fecundation.] (Biol.) Self impregnation. Darwin. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 27Chalazogamic — Chalazogamy Chal a*zog a*my, n. [Chalaza + gamy, as in polygamy.] (Bot.) A process of fecundation in which the pollen tube penetrates to the embryosac through the tissue of the chalaza, instead of entering through the micropyle. It was originally …

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  • 28Chalazogamy — Chal a*zog a*my, n. [Chalaza + gamy, as in polygamy.] (Bot.) A process of fecundation in which the pollen tube penetrates to the embryosac through the tissue of the chalaza, instead of entering through the micropyle. It was originally discovered… …

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  • 29Clematis Virginiana — Virgin Vir gin, n. [L. virgo, inis: cf. OF. virgine, virgene, virge, vierge, F. vierge.] 1. A woman who has had no carnal knowledge of man; a maid. [1913 Webster] 2. A person of the male sex who has not known sexual indulgence. [Archaic] Wyclif.… …

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  • 30Clematis Vitalba — Virgin Vir gin, n. [L. virgo, inis: cf. OF. virgine, virgene, virge, vierge, F. vierge.] 1. A woman who has had no carnal knowledge of man; a maid. [1913 Webster] 2. A person of the male sex who has not known sexual indulgence. [Archaic] Wyclif.… …

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