fructification
Producing reproductive structures
Fructification is the process of bearing fruit, or the fruit itself—particularly the reproductive structures of plants, fungi, or other organisms.
Botanists use the term for any seed-bearing structure: The fructification of the fern appears as brown spots on the underside of fronds.
Figuratively, fructification describes the productive outcome of effort or development: the fructification of years of research.
Process of becoming complete
- climactericCritical period of change
- sweeteningAdding substance for taste
- softeningBecoming less firm
- senescenceGradual functional decline with age
ethylene · flavonoids · juiciness · aroma · sugaring · pectin · bloom · coloring
Gathering mature crops
- bountyReward for capture
- cropCultivated agricultural plants
- productionMaking or generating something
- outputWhat something generates
abundance · fruitage · bearing · prolific · productive · orchard · reaping · picking
Progress toward maturity
- maturationProcess of becoming complete
- flourishingProspering vigorously
- proliferationRapid increase in quantity
- regenerationBiological self-repair process
budding · swelling · enlargement · formation · progression · emergence · seasonal · annual
Producing edible growth
- sporulationForming hardy reproductive cells
- seedpodPlant's reproductive casing
- drupesSeed-containing pit fruits
- berriesSmall fleshy fruits
capsules · cones · acorn · samara · achene · aggregate · carpel · ovary
Gamete fusion creating zygote
- pollinationFlower reproductive transfer
- germinationSeed's initial growth phase
- propagationAct of spreading widely
- conceptionFormation of an idea
flowering · blossoming · ovule · pollen · seeding · cross-pollination · self-pollination · embryo
maturation
Process of becoming complete
- climactericCritical period of change
- sweeteningAdding substance for taste
- softeningBecoming less firm
senescence · ethylene · flavonoids · juiciness · aroma · sugaring · pectin · bloom · coloring · firmness
harvest
Gathering mature crops
- bountyReward for capture
- cropCultivated agricultural plants
- productionMaking or generating something
output · abundance · fruitage · bearing · prolific · productive · orchard · reaping · picking · cornucopia
development
Progress toward maturity
- maturationProcess of becoming complete
- flourishingProspering vigorously
- proliferationRapid increase in quantity
regeneration · budding · swelling · enlargement · formation · progression · emergence · seasonal · annual · perennial
fruiting
Producing edible growth
- sporulationForming hardy reproductive cells
- seedpodPlant's reproductive casing
- drupesSeed-containing pit fruits
berries · capsules · cones · acorn · samara · achene · aggregate · carpel · ovary · receptacle
fertilization
Gamete fusion creating zygote
- pollinationFlower reproductive transfer
- germinationSeed's initial growth phase
- propagationAct of spreading widely
conception · flowering · blossoming · ovule · pollen · seeding · cross-pollination · self-pollination · embryo · endosperm
fructificationgermination
Seed's initial growth phase
sprouting · budding · flowering · pollination
fructificationbarrenness
Inability to bear fruit
sterility · infertility · fruitlessness · unproductiveness · withering
fruit, frugal, fruitful, fruitless, fructose, fruitfully, fruitlessly, unfruitful, fruitfulness