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nounmaking fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure
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nouncreation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant
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- cross-fertilisation fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from different individual of the same species
- self-pollination fertilization by transfer of pollen from the anthers to the stigma of the same flower
- self-fertilization fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from the same individual
- superfetation fertilization of a second ovum after a pregnancy has begun; results in two fetuses of different ages in the uterus at the same time
- self-fertilisation fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from the same individual
- superfecundation fertilization of two or more ova released during the same menstrual cycle by sperm from separate acts of coitus (especially by different males)
- cross-fertilization fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from different individual of the same species
- cross-pollination fertilization by transfer of pollen from the anthers of one flower to the stigma of another