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

/ frŭk′tə-fĭ-kā′shən /

1. The producing of fruit by an angiosperm.
2. A seed-bearing or spore-bearing structure.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fructification¹

1605–15; < Late Latin frūctificātion- (stem of frūctificātiō ) a bearing of fruit, equivalent to Latin frūctificāt ( us ) (past participle of frūctificāre; fructify ) + -iōn- -ion

Example Sentences

It includes but two formul: Either instinct is a fructification of intelligence; or intelligence is an augmentation of instinct.

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This discoidal arrangement of the hair is typical of the emblem of fructification worn by the virgin in the Muingwa festival.

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Cesalpino turns to the "fructification," that is the flower and the fruit, for his distinguishing characters.

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The fermentation is caused by the mycelium of this fungus before the development of the fructification.

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It is a large and beautiful weed, moderately common on our coasts, of a bright-red colour, with conspicuous fructification.

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