fructification

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The larger species assumed a complexity in the structure of their stems unknown in their modern congeners, and enabling them to grow to a great height;31 but their foliage and fructification were not correspondingly advanced.

From The Chain of Life in Geological Time A Sketch of the Origin and Succession of Animals and Plants by Dawson, Sir J. William

Cryptogamia, krip-to-gā′mi-a, n. the class of flowerless plants, or those which have their fructification concealed.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

A heavy rainfall while the trees are in flower will seriously damage the plants by washing away the pollen and thus preventing fructification.

From Guatemala, the country of the future by Pepper, Charles M.

The fructification is an urn-shaped spore-case, in this as in most cases raised on a slender stalk.

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

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