Fertilise
[f:tilaiz]
Examples
- As yet I have not found a single terrestrial animal which can fertilise itself. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Nearly all our orchidaceous plants absolutely require the visits of insects to remove their pollen-masses and thus to fertilise them. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- When this is done, there is no apparent reason why they should not yield as many seeds as did their parents when legitimately fertilised. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- From this extreme degree of sterility we have self-fertilised hybrids producing a greater and greater number of seeds up to perfect fertility. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- I have come to this conclusion from finding it an invariable rule that when a flower is fertilised by the wind it never has a gaily-coloured corolla. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Of aquatic animals, there are many self-fertilising hermaphrodites; but here the currents of water offer an obvious means for an occasional cross. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Corn and cotton seed are thus also planted, mixed or unmixed with the fertilising material. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
Typist: Veronica