·vt To Fecundate; as, to fertilize flower.
II. Fertilize ·vt To make fertile or enrich; to supply with nourishment for plants; to make fruitful or productive; as, to fertilize land, soil, ground, and meadows.
·add. ·vt To fertilize, as the stigmas of a flower or plant, with the pollen from another individual...
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