fertilization

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act or process of rendering fertile. countable,uncountable
  2. The act of fecundating or impregnating the gametes of animals, plants, etc.; including the process by which in flowers the pollen renders the ovule fertile, an analogous process in flowerless plants, or the joining of sperm and egg in animals. countable,uncountable
    — In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, because self-fertilization will result in less diverse offspring than fertilization with pollen from another individual.
  3. The act of applying fertilizer to soil. countable,uncountable

词形变化

fertilizations plural fertilisation alternative

词汇关系

近义词
conception fecundation syngamy impregnation
衍生词
alternative fertilization biofertilization close fertilization cross-fertilization defertilization external fertilization fertilizational heterofertilization internal fertilization in vitro fertilization legitimate fertilization overfertilization postfertilization prefertilization refertilization self-fertilization underfertilization

词源

From French fertilisation; equivalent to fertilize + -ation.
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