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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
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First Known Use of DOUBLE FERTILIZATION
circa 1909
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