fructification

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The first chapter gives an account of the principal writers on botany; the second, of systems of classification; the third, of the roots, stems, and leaves of plants; the fourth, of the parts of fructification.

From Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History by MacGillivray, William

The fructification forms in the substance of the tips of the frond: the rough dots mark the places where the conceptacles open.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa

The same functions of storage in advance of fructification are also exercised by the stromata so common in Ascomycetes.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various

Asperococcus derives its name from its roughened surface, occasioned by the thickly scattered spots of fructification.

From Sea-Weeds, Shells and Fossils by Gray, Peter

This preservation of parts of fructification, and the pollen of coniferae, displays the art with which nature embalms her relics.

From The Bible: what it is by Bradlaugh, Charles