fructification noun. [,frʌktɪfɪ'keɪʃ(ǝ)n] L15.
[Late Latin fructificatio(n-), from Latin fructificat- pa. ppl stem of fructificare: see FRUCTIFY, -ATION.]
1. The process of bearing fruit (now chiefly Botany). Formerly also, fertilization. L15.

2. The fruit(s) of a flowering plant; the spore-bearing structures in a fern or other cryptogam. M18.

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