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fruc⋅ti⋅fi⋅ca⋅tion

  [fruhk-tuh-fi-key-shuhn, frook-, frook-]
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–noun
1. act of fructifying; the fruiting of a plant, fungus, etc.
2. the fruit itself.
3. the organs of fruiting; fruiting body.
Origin:
1605–15; < LL frūctificātion- (s. of frūctificātiō) a bearing of fruit, equiv. to L frūctificāt(us) (ptp. of frūctificāre; see fructify ) + -iōn- -ion
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fruc·ti·fi·ca·tion   (frŭk'tə-fĭ-kā'shən, frŏŏk'-)   
n.  
  1. The producing of fruit.
  2. A seed-bearing or spore-bearing structure.
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Fructification

Fruc`ti*fi*ca"tion\, n. [L. fructificatio: cf. F. fructification.]

1. The act of forming or producing fruit; the act of fructifying, or rendering productive of fruit; fecundation.

The prevalent fructification of plants. --Sir T. Brown.

2. (Bot.) (a) The collective organs by which a plant produces its fruit, or seeds, or reproductive spores. (b) The process of producing fruit, or seeds, or spores.
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fructification   (frŭk'tə-fĭ-kā'shən)  Pronunciation Key 
  1. The producing of fruit by an angiosperm.
  2. A seed-bearing or spore-bearing structure.

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