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Fecundation

noun

Creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant. Synonyms: fertilisation, fertilization, impregnation.

Making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure. Synonyms: dressing, fertilisation, fertilization.

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... stigmatic chamber, abnormally developed placenta, etc. In regard to the former point—contraction of stigmatic chamber—I may remark that it does not appear to be absolutely necessary that the pollen-masses penetrate this chamber for effecting fecundation. Thus a raceme was produced upon a plant of A. Loddigesii in the Botanic Gardens here lately; upon this I left only six flowers. These I attempted to fertilise, but with two only of the six have I been successful: I succeeded in forcing a single pollen-mass ...

— More Letters of Charles Darwin Volume II - Volume II (of II) • Charles Darwin

... the library at Alexandria must have contained some information relative to it. The first authentic account that we have of artificial impregnation is that of Schwammerdam, who in 1680 attempted it without success by the fecundation of the eggs of fish. Roesel, his scholar, made an attempt in 1690, but also failed; and to Jacobi, in 1700, belongs the honor of success. In 1780, Abbe Spallanzani, following up the success of Jacobi, artificially impregnated a bitch, ...

— Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine • George M. Gould

Words linked to "Fecundation" : cross-fertilisation, superfetation, cross-fertilization, fecundate, dressing, top dressing, self-fertilisation, impregnation, enrichment, conception, self-fertilization, creation, fertilization, superfecundation, fertilisation, pollenation, pollination