Meaning

noun creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant

noun making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure

originEtymology tree English fecund Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English fecundation From fecund + -ation.

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