fecundation

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Lack of sunshine prevented proper fecundation, resulting in a crop that is little more than half the size of 1977's.

From Time Magazine Archive

Morton, Lord, effect of fecundation by a quagga on an Arab mare, i. 403-404.

From The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) by Darwin, Charles

Formation of the Decidua.—After fecundation, the egg becomes attached to the mucous membrane of the cavity of the womb.

From The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study by Forel, Auguste

If M. Œrsted’s opinion is confirmed, naturally the whole of the cap will be the product of fecundation.

From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)

At length, having gone to seek the males, she returned with all the external signs of fecundation, and was henceforth received with every mark of respect; she laid her first eggs forty-six hours after fecundation.

From New observations on the natural history of bees by Huber, François