fructification

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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

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

Cladonia coccinea; the fructification is in the scarlet knobs, which surround the cups.

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

Verlaine, however, was not of Alsatian extraction but belonged to Lorraine, close enough to Germany to bear in his blood the secret fructification of the German Lied.

From Paul Verlaine by Zweig, Stefan

The ascigerous fructification of lichens, forming masses of various shapes.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah