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 fer·til·iza·tion /ˌfɝtḷəˈzeʃən/
 使肥沃,土地肥沃法,施肥

 fer·til·iza·tion /ˌfɝtḷəˈzeʃən/ 名詞
 瘦果,受精(動)

 Fer·ti·li·za·tion n.
 1. The act or process of rendering fertile.
 2. Biol. The act of fecundating or impregnating animal or vegetable germs; esp., the process by which in flowers the pollen renders the ovule fertile, or an analogous process in flowerless plants; fecundation; impregnation.
 Close fertilization Bot., the fertilization of pistils by pollen derived from the stamens of the same blossom.
 Cross fertilization, fertilization by pollen from some other blossom. See under Cross, a.
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 fertilization
      n 1: creation by the physical union of male and female gametes;
           of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a
           plant [syn: fertilisation, fecundation, impregnation]
      2: making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure [syn: fertilisation,
          fecundation, dressing]