Fertilization
Fertilization , noun
1.
The act or process of rendering fertile.
2.
(Biology) The act of fecundating or impregnating animal or vegetable germs; esp., the process by which in flowers the pollen renders the ovule fertile, or an analogous process in flowerless plants; fecundation; impregnation.
Collocations (2)
Close fertilization (Botany) , the fertilization of pistils by pollen derived from the stamens of the same blossom.
Cross fertilization , fertilization by pollen from some other blossom. See under Cross, a.