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double fertilization

noun

Definition of double fertilization

: fertilization characteristic of seed plants in which one sperm nucleus fuses with the egg nucleus to form an embryo and another fuses with polar nuclei to form endosperm

First Known Use of double fertilization

circa 1909, in the meaning defined above

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