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Lack of sunshine prevented proper fecundation, resulting in a crop that is little more than half the size of 1977's.

From Time Magazine Archive

Larkspurs, insect agency necessary for the full fecundation of, ii.

From The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) by Darwin, Charles

Its extremity never opens, and we never find antherozoids; on the contrary, the antheridium presents, up to the maturity of the oospore, the appearance which it presented at the moment of fecundation.

From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)

It remains to speak of the mechanism of expulsion of the ovule and of its fecundation, as well as the changes in the womb which result from these phenomena.

From The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study by Forel, Auguste

Formation of the Decidua.—After fecundation, the egg becomes attached to the mucous membrane of the cavity of the womb.

From The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study by Forel, Auguste