unfertilized

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   biology: not fertilized by the fusion of male and female reproductive cells

   A worker bee can develop from an unfertilized egg.

2. 2
   adj

   agriculture: not treated with fertilizer or nutrients

   The unfertilized plot produced fewer tomatoes than the treated plots.

Formed from un-, 'not,' + fertilized. Fertilize developed from fertile and has distinct reproductive and agricultural senses. Unfertilised is the standard British spelling.

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