Close fertilization(Bot.), the fertilization of pistils by pollen derived from the stamens of the same blossom. — Cross fertilization, fertilization by pollen from some other blossom. See under Cross, a.

Fertilize
(Fer"ti*lize) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fertilized ; p. pr. & vb. n. Fertilizing ] [Cf. F. fertiliser.]

1. To make fertile or enrich; to supply with nourishment for plants; to make fruitful or productive; as, to fertilize land, soil, ground, and meadows.

And fertilize the field that each pretends to gain.
Byron.

2. To fecundate; as, to fertilize flower. A. R. Wallace.

Fertilizer
(Fer"ti*lizer) n.

1. One who fertilizes; the agent that carries the fertilizing principle, as a moth to an orchid. A. R. Wallace.

2. That which renders fertile; a general name for commercial manures, as guano, phosphate of lime, etc.

Ferula
(||Fer"u*la) n. [L. ferula giant fennel rod, whip, fr. ferire to strike; akin to OHG. berjan, Icel. berja. Cf. Ferule.]

1. A ferule. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

2. The imperial scepter in the Byzantine or Eastern Empire.

Ferulaceous
(Fer`u*la"ceous) a. [L. ferulaceus, fr. ferula rod: cf. F. férulacé.] Pertaining to reeds and canes; having a stalk like a reed; as, ferulaceous plants.

Ferular
(Fer"u*lar) n. A ferule. [Obs.] Milton.

Ferule
(Fer"ule) n. [L. ferula: cf. F. férule. See Ferula.] A flat piece of wood, used for striking, children, esp. on the hand, in punishment.

Ferule
(Fer"ule) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Feruled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Feruling.] To punish with a ferule.

Ferulic
(Fe*ru"lic) a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, asafetida (Ferula asafœtida); as, ferulic acid. [Written also ferulaic.]

Fervence
(Fer"vence) n. Heat; fervency. [Obs.]

resource." E. Everett.

And all her husbandry doth lie on heaps
Corrupting in its own fertility.
Shak.

Thy very weeds are beautiful; thy waste
More rich than other climes' fertility.
Byron.

Fertilization
(Fer`ti*li*za"tion) n.

1. The act or process of rendering fertile.

2. (Biol.) The act of fecundating or impregnating animal or vegetable germs; esp., the process by which in flowers the pollen renders the ovule fertile, or an analogous process in flowerless plants; fecundation; impregnation.

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