Contextualizebeta

heterofertilization

noun

Etymology

From hetero- + fertilization.

  1. derived from fertilis
  2. derived from fertile
  3. derived from fertile
  4. suffixed as fertilize — “fertile + ize”
  5. suffixed as fertilization — “fertilize + ation”
  6. prefixed as heterofertilization — “hetero + fertilization”

Definitions

  1. A form of double fertilization, typically in maize, that results in phenotypically…

    A form of double fertilization, typically in maize, that results in phenotypically different endosperm and embryo

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for heterofertilization. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA