| fertilization definitions |
| # | Definition | Sets |
| 1 | process in sexual reproduction in which male and female reproductive cells join to form a new cell | 28 sets |
| 2 | the joining of an egg cell and a sperm cell | 16 sets |
| 3 | creation by the physical union of male and female gametes | 16 sets |
| 4 | the joining of a sperm cell and an egg cell | 16 sets |
| 5 | fusion of male and female gametes | 15 sets |
| 6 | the process by which haploid gametes join to form a diploid zygote | 14 sets |
| 7 | the joining of a sperm and an egg | 13 sets |
| 8 | the joining of an egg and a sperm | 11 sets |
| 9 | the union of haploid gametes to produce a diploid zygote. | 11 sets |
| 10 | the union of a male and female gamete to form a zygote | 10 sets |
| 11 | the joining of a sperm cell with an egg cell to make one new cell, a fertilized egg | 10 sets |
| 12 | sperm cell joins egg cell | 9 sets |
| 13 | when a sperm cell unites with an egg cell | 9 sets |
| 14 | the joining of a sperm cell and an egg cell. | 9 sets |
| 15 | the union of haploid gametes to produce a diploid zygote | 8 sets |
| 16 | the process in which an egg cell and a sperm cell join to form a new organism | 8 sets |
| 17 | the combination of sperm from a pollen grain with an egg to form a seed | 7 sets |
| 18 | union of the sperm cell and ovum from which the embryo develops | 7 sets |
| 19 | union of egg and sperm | 7 sets |
| 20 | the union of male and female gametes | 7 sets |
| 21 | process in sexual reproduction in which male and female reproductive cells join to form new cells | 7 sets |
| 22 | the joining of egg and sperm | 6 sets |
| 23 | union of sperm and egg | 6 sets |
| 24 | the union of the nucleus of a sperm cell with the nucleus of an egg cell, producing a zygote | 6 sets |
| 25 | fusion of a sperm nucleus and an egg nucleus, the result being a zygote. | 6 sets |
| 26 | the union of sperm and egg | 5 sets |
| 27 | the joining of an egg cell and a sperm cell during sexual reproduction | 5 sets |
| 28 | the joining of the egg and the sperm | 5 sets |
| 29 | making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure | 5 sets |
| 30 | the union of a reproductive cell from a male and one from a female | 5 sets |
| 31 | male and female reproductive cells join | 5 sets |
| 32 | the union of egg and sperm | 5 sets |
| 33 | the fusion of the nuclei and cytoplasm of a haploid sperm cell and a haploid egg cell, forming a diploid zygote | 5 sets |
| 34 | the joining of sperm and egg cells | 4 sets |
| 35 | the process in which an egg cell and a sperm cell join to form a new organism. | 4 sets |
| 36 | occurs when a sperm cell unites with an egg cell | 4 sets |
| 37 | union/joining of the egg and sperm | 4 sets |
| 38 | in sexual reproduction, the joining of a sperm and egg | 4 sets |
| 39 | a new organism begins to form when egg and sperm join | 4 sets |
| 40 | the fusion of the nucleus of a haploid sperm cell and the nucleus of a haploid egg cell, forming a diploid zygote | 4 sets |