Definition of fertilize

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Fertilize (v. t.) To make fertile or enrich; to supply with nourishment for plants; to make fruitful or productive; as, to fertilize land, soil, ground, and meadows..

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Wind-fertilized :: Wind-fertilized (a.) Anemophilous; fertilized by pollen borne by the wind.
Menhaden :: Menhaden (n.) An American marine fish of the Herring familt (Brevoortia tyrannus), chiefly valuable for its oil and as a component of fertilizers; -- called also mossbunker, bony fish, chebog, pogy, hardhead, whitefish, etc..
Plaster :: Plaster (n.) Calcined gypsum, or plaster of Paris, especially when ground, as used for making ornaments, figures, moldings, etc.; or calcined gypsum used as a fertilizer..
Fructify :: Fructify (v. t.) To make fruitful; to render productive; to fertilize; as, to fructify the earth..
Gymnogen :: Gymnogen (n.) One of a class of plants, so called by Lindley, because the ovules are fertilized by direct contact of the pollen. Same as Gymnosperm..
Fertilize :: Fertilize (v. t.) To make fertile or enrich; to supply with nourishment for plants; to make fruitful or productive; as, to fertilize land, soil, ground, and meadows..
Fertilitate :: Fertilitate (v. t.) To fertilize; to fecundate.
Enrich :: Enrich (v. t.) To make rich with manure; to fertilize; -- said of the soil; as, to enrich land by irrigation..
Self-fertilized :: Self-fertilized (a.) Fertilized by pollen from the same flower.
Kainit :: Kainit (n.) Salts of potassium used in the manufacture of fertilizers.
Oospere :: Oospere (n.) An unfertilized, rounded mass of protoplasm, produced in an oogonium..
Impregnate :: Impregnate (v. t.) To infuse an active principle into; to render fruitful or fertile in any way; to fertilize; to imbue.
Revert :: Revert (v. i.) To change back, as from a soluble to an insoluble state or the reverse; thus, phosphoric acid in certain fertilizers reverts..
Impregnate :: Impregnate (v. t.) To come into contact with (an ovum or egg) so as to cause impregnation; to fertilize; to fecundate.
Oospore :: Oospore (n.) A fertilized oosphere in the ovule of a flowering plant.
Arrenotokous :: Arrenotokous (a.) Producing males from unfertilized eggs, as certain wasps and bees..
Bone :: Bone (v. t.) To fertilize with bone.
Guano :: Guano (n.) A substance found in great abundance on some coasts or islands frequented by sea fowls, and composed chiefly of their excrement. It is rich in phosphates and ammonia, and is used as a powerful fertilizer..
Batten :: Batten (v. t.) To fertilize or enrich, as land..
Prolificate :: Prolificate (v. t.) To make prolific; to fertilize; to impregnate.
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