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- Dictionaryfertilizer/ˈfəːtɪlʌɪzə/
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- 1. a chemical or natural substance added to soil or land to increase its fertility: "sewage sludge could be a valuable fertilizer for use in British forests"
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FERTILIZE definition: 1. to spread a natural or chemical substance on land or plants, in order to make the plants grow…. Learn more.
The meaning of FERTILIZE is to make fertile. How to use fertilize in a sentence.
FERTILIZE meaning: 1. to spread a natural or chemical substance on land or plants, in order to make the plants grow…. Learn more.
to render (the female gamete) capable of development by uniting it with the male gamete. to fecundate or impregnate (an animal or plant). to fertilize farmland. to make productive.
When an egg from the ovary of a woman or female animal is fertilized, a sperm from the male joins with the egg, causing a baby or young animal to begin forming. A female plant is fertilized when its reproductive parts come into contact with pollen from the male plant.
fertilize something to put pollen into a plant so that a seed develops; to join sperm with an egg so that a baby or young animal develops. Flowers are often fertilized by bees as they gather nectar. a fertilized egg; see also cross-fertilize Topics Biology c1
FERTILIZE definition: 1. to cause an egg to start to develop into a young animal or baby by combining it with a male…. Learn more.
a. to render (the female gamete) capable of development by uniting it with the male gamete. b. to fecundate or impregnate (an animal, plant, or other organism). 2. to make fertile; enrich: to fertilize farmland. 3. to make productive. fer`ti•liz`a•bil′i•ty, n.
fertilize meaning, definition, what is fertilize: to make new animal or plant life develop...: Learn more.
Definition of fertilize verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
