FRUCTIFICATION

fructification. Fructification, n. the act of bearing, fruitfulness, the part of plants appropriated to generation

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‖Fruc′ti‐fi‐ca″tion (?), n. [[L. fructificatio: cf. F. fructification.]] 1. 1. The act of forming or producing fruit; the act of fructifying, or rendering productive of fruit; fecundation.
The prevalent fructification of plants. Sir T. Brown. 2. 2. (Bot.) (a) The collective organs by which a plant produces its fruit, or seeds, or reproductive spores. (b) The process of producing fruit, or seeds, or spores.