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fructification
[fruhk-tuh-fi-key-shuhn, frook-, frook-]
noun
act of fructifying; the fruiting of a plant, fungus, etc.
the fruit itself.
the organs of fruiting; fruiting body.
fructification
The producing of fruit by an angiosperm.
A seed-bearing or spore-bearing structure.
Word History and Origins
Origin of fructification1
Example Sentences
“I look forward to contributing in whatever way I can to the fructification of your vision,” he wrote.
Portions of the fructification may be preserved in small envelopes attached to the sheets.
Ferns, with fronds circinate in vernation, bearing the fructification on the under surface or beneath the margin.
A spore borne at the extremity of the cells of fructification in fungi.
In this species the fructification is conical or lanceolate, and is found in April on short, stout, unbranched stems which have large loose sheaths.
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