fecundate (Meaning)
fecundate (v)
make fertile or productive
introduce semen into (a female)
fecundate (v. t.)
To make fruitful or prolific.
To render fruitful or prolific; to impregnate; as, in flowers the pollen fecundates the ovum through the stigma.
Synonyms & Antonyms of fecundate
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fecundate Sentence Examples
- The bee's primary role in the ecosystem is to fecundate flowers, enabling the production of seeds and perpetuating plant life.
- A male bird uses his reproductive organ to fecundate the eggs inside the female bird's body during copulation.
- Artificial insemination is a technique used in agriculture to fecundate crops, ensuring uniform and efficient fertilization.
- In vitro fertilization involves retrieving eggs from a woman's ovaries, fecundating them with sperm in a laboratory dish, and then implanting the fertilized eggs back into the uterus.
- Some species of fungi utilize spores to fecundate other organisms, facilitating genetic diversity and dispersal.
- The pollen grains of a flower contain the male gametes, which travel to the stigma and down the style to fecundate the ovules within the ovary.
- The act of fecundation in flowering plants results in the formation of a zygote, which develops into an embryo and eventually a seed.
- Certain aquatic organisms, such as sea urchins, release their sperm and eggs into the water, where external fecundation takes place, leading to the development of larvae.
- In some plants, self-fecundation occurs within a single flower, ensuring self-pollination and the production of offspring with similar genetic traits.
- The fecundation process in mosses involves the transfer of sperm cells from the male gametophyte to the archegonium on the female gametophyte, leading to the formation of a zygote.
FAQs About the word fecundate
make fertile or productive, introduce semen into (a female)To make fruitful or prolific., To render fruitful or prolific; to impregnate; as, in flowers the poll
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The bee's primary role in the ecosystem is to fecundate flowers, enabling the production of seeds and perpetuating plant life.
A male bird uses his reproductive organ to fecundate the eggs inside the female bird's body during copulation.
Artificial insemination is a technique used in agriculture to fecundate crops, ensuring uniform and efficient fertilization.
In vitro fertilization involves retrieving eggs from a woman's ovaries, fecundating them with sperm in a laboratory dish, and then implanting the fertilized eggs back into the uterus.
