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fructification|ˌfrʌktɪfɪˈkeɪʃən|
[ad. L. frūctificātiōn-em, f. frūctificāre to fructify.]
1. The action or process of fructifying or producing fruit (now rare exc. Bot.). Also fecundation, fertilization (? obs.).
1615Jackson Creed iv. ii. vi. §3 When the first seeds of that faith, which..by fructification..becomes salvifical, are first sown in our hearts. 1632Marmion Holland's Leaguer iv. i, Wholly given To the deeds of fructification. 1635Swan Spec. M. vi. §4 (1643) 236 The sprouting, springing, and fructification of the earth. 1650Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iii. xxi. (1658) 198 As may be discovered from several Insects generated in rain water, from the prevalent fructification of plants thereby. a1665J. Goodwin Filled w. the Spirit (1867) 483 They may indeed be sowed too thick with seed of another nature, which may hinder the fructification thereof. 1759tr. Duhamel's Husb. i. xv. 91 The organs of fructification. 1822–34Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) IV. 10 The plants of the feeblest structure die, as soon as fructification has taken place. 1846J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) II. 73 At the time of fructification, watch the plants daily.
fig.1604T. Wright Passions v. §4. 253 Giving is a free translation of the right or title, of dominion..or fructification of anything to any man. 1721R. Keith tr. T. à Kempis Solil. Soul xvi. 229 Temptation is wont to be very helpful..to the Fructification of Virtues. 1892Pall Mall G. 13 Sept. 3/3 As regards the fructification of their estate, there is all the difference in the world between the value of arable as distinguished from mere grazing land.
2. concr. in Bot.
a. The fruit of a plant;
b. collect. the organs of fruiting or reproduction, esp. the reproductive parts of ferns and mosses.
1764Grainger Sugar Cane i. note 6 That part of the Cane which shoots up into the fructification, is called by planters its Arrow. 1767P. Collinson in Darlington's Mem. (1849) 292 The Wild Lime is a singular plant. Dr. Solander wishes for its fructifications. 1791E. Darwin Bot. Gard. ii. Pref., The families or Genera are characterized by the analogy of all the parts of the flower or fructification. 1864T. Moore Brit. Ferns 11 Collectively, these cases and their contents are called the fructification. 1877F. G. Heath Fern W. 294 Nearly the whole under side of the frond is covered with the fructification. 1882Vines Sachs' Bot. 95 This is usually the case..with many Lichens and the fructifications of Fungi. |