(n)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
n. 1. The act or process of rendering fertile. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
[アポミクシスせい, apomikushisu sei](n, adj-no) apomictic; of or relating to a plant that reproduces by apomixis; related to reproduction without fertilization, meiosis or production of gametes, with the result that the seeds are genetically identical to the parent plant[Add to Longdo]
[apomikuteikku](n) apomictic; of or relating to a plant that reproduces by apomixis; related to reproduction without fertilization, meiosis or production of gametes, with the result that the seeds are genetically identical to the parent plant[Add to Longdo]