fructification

[ 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.

  1. the organs of fruiting; fruiting body.

Origin of fructification

1
1605–15; <Late Latin frūctificātion- (stem of frūctificātiō) a bearing of fruit, equivalent to Latin frūctificāt(us) (past participle of frūctificāre;see fructify) + -iōn--ion

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British Dictionary definitions for fructification

fructification

/ (ˌfrʌktɪfɪˈkeɪʃən, ˌfrʊk-) /


noun
  1. the act or state of fructifying

  2. the fruit of a seed-bearing plant

  1. any spore-bearing structure in ferns, mosses, fungi, etc

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Scientific definitions for fructification

fructification

[ frŭk′tə-fĭ-kāshən ]


  1. The producing of fruit by an angiosperm.

  2. A seed-bearing or spore-bearing structure.

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