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单词 fructification
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fructificationn.

Brit. /ˌfrʌktᵻfᵻˈkeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌfrəktəfəˈkeɪʃən/
Etymology: < Latin frūctificātiōn-em, < frūctificāre to fructify v.
1. The action or process of fructifying or producing fruit (now rare exc. Botany). Also fecundation, fertilization (? obsolete).
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > productiveness > [noun] > making or becoming productive or fruitful
incrementationc1420
fructification1604
fructifying1638
fertilization1922
the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > fruit or reproductive product > plant that bears fruit > [noun] > action or stage of bearing fruit
fruitage1578
fructification1604
puberty1800
fruiting1862
fructuation1885
1615 T. Jackson Iustifying Faith iv. ii. vi. §3 When the first seeds of that faith, which..by fructification..becomes salvifical, are first sown in our hearts.
1632 S. Marmion Hollands Leaguer iv. i Wholly given To the deeds of fructification.
1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi vi. §4. 242 The sprouting, springing, and fructification of the earth.
1650 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica (ed. 2) iii. xxi. 131 As may be discovered from several insects generated in raine water, from the prevalent fructification of plants thereby.
a1665 J. Goodwin Πλήρωμα τὸ Πνευματικόv (1670) xix. 545 They may (indeed) be sowed too thick with seed of another nature, which may hinder the fructification thereof.
1759 J. Mills tr. H. L. Duhamel du Monceau Pract. Treat. Husbandry i. xvi. 96 The organs of fructification.
1822 J. M. Good Study Med. IV. 14 The plants of the feeblest structure die as soon as fructification has taken place.
1830 J. Baxter Libr. Agric. & Hort. Knowl. 349 At the time of fructification watch the plants daily.
figurative.1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) v. §4. 253 Giving is a free translation of the right or title, of dominion..or fructification of anything to any man.1721 R. Keith tr. Thomas à Kempis Soliloquy of Soul xvi, in tr. Thomas à Kempis Select Pieces II. 229 Temptation is wont to be very helpful..to the Fructification of Virtues.1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 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. concrete in Botany (a) The fruit of a plant; (b) collective the organs of fruiting or reproduction, esp. the reproductive parts of ferns and mosses.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > [noun]
sexual organ1753
fructification1764
disseminule1904
the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > fruit or reproductive product > [noun]
grapec1400
fructification1764
fruit1785
1764 J. Grainger Sugar-cane i. 17 (note) That part of the Cane which shoots up into the fructification, is called by planters its Arrow.
1767 P. Collinson Let. 31 July in W. Darlington Memorials J. Bartram & H. Marshall (1849) 292 The Wild Lime is a singular plant. Dr. Solander wishes for its fructifications.
1791 E. Darwin Bot. Garden ii. Pref. The families or Genera are characterized by the analogy of all the parts of the flower or fructification.
1864 T. Moore Brit. Ferns 11 Collectively, these cases and their contents are called the fructification.
1877 F. G. Heath Fern World 294 Nearly the whole under side of the frond is covered with the fructification.
1882 S. H. Vines tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. (ed. 2) 95 This is usually the case..with many Lichens and the fructifications of Fungi.
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