fructification
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Spore, a body resulting from the fructification of Cryptogamous plants, in them the analogue of a seed.
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Asa Gray
The ascigerous fructification of lichens, forming masses of various shapes.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster
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 Asa Gray
At the apex of the stem appears the fructification, as it is called for lack of a better term, in the form of a short spike or head.
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Asa Gray
Browne's contemporary, Dean Wren, seems sadly to have misunderstood the fructification of the Oak.
From Notes and Letters on the Natural History of Norfolk More Especially on the Birds and Fishes by Sir Thomas Browne
