0 the action of spreading a natural or chemical substance on land or plants, in order to make the plants grow well: --
1 the process of causing an egg or seed to start to develop into a new young animal or plant by joining it with a male cell: --
2 the process of joining male and female sexual cells to produce young --
The pill is designed to suppress ovulation and prevent fertilization.
As is typical for frogs, fertilization occurs in the water rather than inside the mother's body.
It takes just 15 days for a quail egg to hatch after fertilization.
One of the ideas the Romans brought to Britain was the fertilization of the soil by manuring.
As part of organic fertilization practice, they occasionally use cow dung and farmyard manure.
Regular fertilization is necessary to support the growth of a tomato plant.