fructification
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The same functions of storage in advance of fructification are also exercised by the stromata so common in Ascomycetes.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
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 Charles M. Pepper
The fructification in this species is cylindrical, and in that of E. limosum, which grows in similar situations, it is ovate in outline.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various
The ascigerous fructification of lichens, forming masses of various shapes.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster
Cryptogamia, krip-to-gā′mi-a, n. the class of flowerless plants, or those which have their fructification concealed.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
