| n. | 1. | The act or process of rendering fertile. | ||||||
| 2. | (Biol.) 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.
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| Noun | 1. | fertilization - creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant |
| 2. | fertilization - making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure |