fructification

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In its perfect state this germinates and produces the Claviceps fructification.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 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

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

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.

Any sudden decrease of warmth would be very prejudicial to the progress of vegetation through the successive stages of foliation, inflorescence and fructification.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" by Various