fructification
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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
The cup, or shield-shaped spot, or knob, which bears the fructification is named the Apothecium.
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Asa Gray
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 William MacGillivray
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
Small plant of Chondrus crispus, or Carrageen Moss, reduced in size, in fruit; the spots represent the fructification, consisting of numerous tetraspores in bunches in the substance of the plant.
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Asa Gray
