fructification
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The first group, Ectocarpeæ, is composed of thread-like jointed plants, the fructification of which consists of external spores, sometimes formed by the swelling of a branchlet.
From Sea-Weeds, Shells and Fossils by Gray, Peter
The threads of which they are composed are jointed, and generally unbranched; they are of various tints of blue, red, and green, and, where their fructification has been ascertained, are propagated by cell division.
From Sea-Weeds, Shells and Fossils by Gray, Peter
Most numerous was Gigartina radula, just in a state of fructification.
He made the stamina and pistils the basis of his arrangement, which he was induced to do from the consideration of their great importance, as the parts most essential to fructification.
From Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History by MacGillivray, William
Ferns, with fronds circinate in vernation, bearing the fructification on the under surface or beneath the margin.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa