fecundation

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   fertilization through the union of male and female reproductive cells

   Successful fecundation produced an embryo from the two gametes.

2. 2
   noun

   the act of making land or soil fertile

   The farmer improved the field through the fecundation of the soil with compost.

From French fecondation or directly from a stem related to Latin fecundare ("to make fruitful"), from fecundus ("fruitful, fertile"), plus -ation. The biological sense became a technical synonym of fertilization.

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