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prefertilization

adj

Etymology

From pre- + 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 prefertilization — “pre + fertilization”

Definitions

  1. Prior to fertilization

    • Some Megastigmus species target conifer species with ovules at prefertilization stages, others target conifers with ovules that are post-fertilization [16 ].

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for prefertilization. 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