Defn: To render fruitful or prolific; to impregnate; as, in flowers the pollen fecundates the ovum through the stigma.
FECUNDATION
Fec`un*da"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. fécondation.] (Biol.)
Defn: The act by which, either in animals or plants, material prepared by the generative organs the female organism is brought in contact with matter from the organs of the male, so that a new organism results; impregnation; fertilization.
FECUNDIFY
Fe*cun"di*fy, v. t. Etym: [Fecund + -fy.]
Defn: To make fruitful; to fecundate. Johnson.
FECUNDITY
Fe*cun"di*ty, n. Etym: [L. fecunditas: cf. F. fécondité. See Fecund.]
1. The quality or power of producing fruit; fruitfulness; especially (Biol.), the quality in female organisms of reproducing rapidly and in great numbers.
2. The power of germinating; as in seeds.
3. The power of bringing forth in abundance; fertility; richness of invention; as, the fecundity of God's creative power. Bentley.
FED
Fed,