Fructification

[,frʌktifi'keiʃәn]

Definition

(noun.) organs of fruiting (especially the reproductive parts of ferns and mosses).

(noun.) the bearing of fruit.

Edited by Debra--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) The act of forming or producing fruit; the act of fructifying, or rendering productive of fruit; fecundation.

(n.) The collective organs by which a plant produces its fruit, or seeds, or reproductive spores.

(n.) The process of producing fruit, or seeds, or spores.

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