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Meanings of fertilise in English

Portuguese
inseminar
Catalan
inseminar
Spanish
inseminar

Introduce semen into (a female)

inseminar
Usage of fertilise in English
1
With respect to dioecious plants, distinct individuals must always fertilise each other.
The Effects of Cross & Self-Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingd...
2
The end product can be delivered to smallholder farmers to fertilise their crops.
The South African
3
They may even help mix and fertilise the world's oceans, some researchers think.
BBC
4
Yes, I see how green harvests are ploughed up to fertilise the soil.
Historical Miniatures
5
It's unknown how females access this sperm to fertilise their eggs.
BBC
6
Others fertilise at half to normal strength twice per week.
Jamaica Observer
7
Workers harvest pollen from the males to hand-fertilise female flowers.
BBC
8
As yet I have not found a single terrestrial animal which can fertilise itself.
The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection / Or, the Pr...
9
They have sperm-producing lobes in their ovaries, so they can fertilise their own eggs.
BBC
10
But the females lay eggs and wild males fertilise them.
The Guardian
11
Businesses in New Zealand say ammonium nitrate is rarely used to fertilise New Zealand farms.
Radio NZ
12
If you don't discard these, these fertilise the females and bud growth is severely hampered.
The South African
13
The river which devastates a nation, dammed up within banks, may fertilise half a continent.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. Luke
14
There are many hermaphrodite animals which cannot fertilise themselves, but most unite with another hermaphrodite.
The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species
15
She then has to carry the nuclei to the eggs so they can fertilise them.
BBC
16
One single sperm is selected to fertilise the egg.
The Irish Times
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