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fructification

[ fruhk-tuh-fi-key-shuhn, frook-, frook- ]

noun

  1. act of fructifying; the fruiting of a plant, fungus, etc.
  2. the fruit itself.
  3. the organs of fruiting; fruiting body.


fructification

/ ڰŭ′tə-ĭ-ə /

  1. The producing of fruit by an angiosperm.
  2. A seed-bearing or spore-bearing structure.
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of fructification1

1605–15; < Late Latin ڰūپھپDz- (stem of ڰūپھپō ) a bearing of fruit, equivalent to Latin ڰūپھ ( us ) (past participle of ڰūپھ; fructify ) + -ō- -ion
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“I look forward to contributing in whatever way I can to the fructification of your vision,” he wrote.

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Portions of the fructification may be preserved in small envelopes attached to the sheets.

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Ferns, with fronds circinate in vernation, bearing the fructification on the under surface or beneath the margin.

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A spore borne at the extremity of the cells of fructification in fungi.

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The fructification in this species is cylindrical, and in that of E. limosum, which grows in similar situations, it is ovate in outline.

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