Fructification

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fructification \Fruc`ti*fi*ca"tion\, n. [L. fructificatio: cf.
     F. fructification.]
     1. The act of forming or producing fruit; the act of
        fructifying, or rendering productive of fruit;
        fecundation.
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              The prevalent fructification of plants. --Sir T.
                                                    Brown.
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     2. (Bot.)
        (a) The collective organs by which a plant produces its
            fruit, or seeds, or reproductive spores.
        (b) The process of producing fruit, or seeds, or spores.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fructification
       n 1: the bearing of fruit
       2: organs of fruiting (especially the reproductive parts of
          ferns and mosses)