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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fecundation \Fec`un*da"tion\, n. [Cf. F. f['e]condation.] (Biol.) The act by which either in animals or plants, material prepared by the generative organs the female organism is brought in contact with matter from the organs of the male, so that a new organism results; impregnation; fertilization. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fecundation n 1: creation by the union of sperm or pollen with an animal or plant or egg cell [syn: {fertilization}, {fertilisation}, {impregnation}] 2: making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure [syn: {fertilization}, {dressing}]
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