fecundation
- a word derived from fecundate.
Example Sentences
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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
This is called fertilization, fecundation, impregnation or conception.
From The Sex Side of Life An Explanation for Young People by Dennett, Mary
Artificial spawning, fecundation, and hatching, are far more productive.
From Soil Culture by Walden, J. H.
Germs are visible in the ovum before fecundation; in these germs the very primordia of future organization can be distinguished.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)
But the power that the smallest particle possesses in producing natural phenomena cannot be more evidently proved than by Spallanzani’s experiments in fecundation.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)
