Fertilization
UNION OF GAMETES OF OPPOSITE SEXES DURING THE PROCESS OF SEXUAL REPRODUCTION TO FORM A ZYGOTE
Fertilize; Fertilise; Fertilised; Impregnation; Syngamy; Impregnating; Fertilized; Conceiving; Fecundation; Conceive; Fertilizing; Fertilising; Fertilization; Give life; Given life; Impregnate; Impregnated; Conception (biology); Empregnate; Conceive (biology); Conceptive; Fertilization in animals; Generative Fertilisation; Evolution of fertilisation
·noun The act or process of rendering fertile.
II. Fertilization ·noun The act of fecundating or impregnating animal or vegetable germs; ·esp., the process by which in flowers the pollen renders the ovule fertile, or an analogous process in flowerless plants; fecundation; impregnation.