fructification
Americannoun
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act of fructifying; the fruiting of a plant, fungus, etc.
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the fruit itself.
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the organs of fruiting; fruiting body.
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The producing of fruit by an angiosperm.
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A seed-bearing or spore-bearing structure.
Etymology
Origin of fructification
1605–15; < Late Latin frūctificātion- (stem of frūctificātiō ) a bearing of fruit, equivalent to Latin frūctificāt ( us ) (past participle of frūctificāre; fructify ) + -iōn- -ion
Example Sentences
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“I look forward to contributing in whatever way I can to the fructification of your vision,” he wrote.
From Economist
Portions of the fructification may be preserved in small envelopes attached to the sheets.
From Project Gutenberg
Ferns, with fronds circinate in vernation, bearing the fructification on the under surface or beneath the margin.
From Project Gutenberg
A spore borne at the extremity of the cells of fructification in fungi.
From Project Gutenberg
The fructification in this species is cylindrical, and in that of E. limosum, which grows in similar situations, it is ovate in outline.
From Project Gutenberg
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