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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
fructification
    n 1: the bearing of fruit
    2: organs of fruiting (especially the reproductive parts of
       ferns and mosses)

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Fructification \Fruc`ti*fi*ca"tion\, n. [L. fructificatio: cf.
   F. fructification.]
   1. The act of forming or producing fruit; the act of
      fructifying, or rendering productive of fruit;
      fecundation.
      [1913 Webster]

            The prevalent fructification of plants. --Sir T.
                                                  Brown.
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   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.
          [1913 Webster]

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