Fructification
Fructification , noun
[Latin fructificatio: compare French fructification.]
1.
The act of forming or producing fruit; the act of fructifying, or rendering productive of fruit; fecundation.
The prevalent fructification of plants.
2.
(a) (Botany) The collective organs by which a plant produces its fruit, or seeds, or reproductive spores.
(b)
(Botany) The process of producing fruit, or seeds, or spores.