fructification

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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.

This preservation of parts of fructification, and the pollen of coniferae, displays the art with which nature embalms her relics.

From The Bible: what it is by Bradlaugh, Charles

The first group, Ectocarpeæ, is composed of thread-like jointed plants, the fructification of which consists of external spores, sometimes formed by the swelling of a branchlet.

From Sea-Weeds, Shells and Fossils by Gray, Peter

With these and reasonable perseverance the structure of the flowers and fructification of most phanerogamous plants and Ferns can be made out.

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

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