fructification

== English == === Etymology === From fructi- +‎ -fication. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -eɪʃən === Noun === fructification (countable and uncountable, plural fructifications) (botany) The act of forming or producing fruit; the act of fructifying, or rendering productive of fruit; fecundation. (botany) The collective organs by which a plant produces its fruit, or seeds, or reproductive spores. == French == === Pronunciation === === Noun === fructification f (plural fructifications) fructification === Further reading === “fructification”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012