fructification

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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

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 Gray, Asa

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 Gray, Asa

Upper end of a Rockweed, Fucus vesiculosus, reduced half or more, b, the fructification.

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

A spore borne at the extremity of the cells of fructification in fungi.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah