Meaning & use
Fertilization
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The process by which a sperm and an egg cell fuse to form a new organism, or the act of applying fertilizer to soil to promote plant growth.
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Fertilization occurs when a sperm cell penetrates and merges with an egg.
Regular fertilization of the garden beds produced noticeably larger tomatoes this year.
A note on using this word
The word covers two distinct fields, biology and agriculture, both centered on the idea of enabling growth or reproduction.
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2. noun
The application of fertilizer to soil or plants to improve growth.
The farmer scheduled fertilization of the fields for early spring.
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