fructification

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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

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

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

He made the stamina and pistils the basis of his arrangement, which he was induced to do from the consideration of their great importance, as the parts most essential to fructification.

From Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History by MacGillivray, William

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 Browne, Thomas, Sir

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