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fertilization

 
Noun fertilization has 2 senses
  1. fertilization, fertilisation, fecundation, impregnation - creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant
    --1 is a kind of creation, conception
    --1 has particulars:
     pollination, pollenation; cross-fertilization, cross-fertilisation; self-fertilization, self-fertilisation; superfecundation; superfetation
    Derived form: verb fertilize3
  2. fertilization, fertilisation, fecundation, dressing - making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure
    --2 is a kind of enrichment
    --2 has particulars: top dressing
    Derived form: verb fertilize1
fertiliser fertilisers fertilit fertility fertility drug fertility of soil fertility rate fertilizable fertilization fertilization age fertilization membrane fertilize fertilized fertilized egg fertilized ovum fertilizer fertilizers

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