fecundation

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Lack of sunshine prevented proper fecundation, resulting in a crop that is little more than half the size of 1977's.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is necessary to explain here the results of recent scientific work on the intimate phenomena of cell-division, for they are closely allied to those of fecundation.

From The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study by Forel, Auguste

On the one hand, this queen had suffered long confinement; on the other, her fecundation had been extremely retarded.

From New observations on the natural history of bees by Huber, François

It remained to discover which were the female organs which underwent fecundation from the spermatia.

From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)

After fecundation the ovum is pushed on into the uterus in from five to seven days, where it fastens to the wall and develops.

From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin