impregnation

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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noun material with which something is impregnated
noun the process of totally saturating something with a substance
noun creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant

From Middle English impregnacioun, from Old French impregnacion, in turn from Late Latin impregnatio.

Only a few male plants are kept for impregnation. — Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846, James Richardson
But how rash and dangerous it was to invent a separate creature whose sole function was her own impregnation! — Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy, Bernard Shaw
But the stamens, being shorter than the germen, cannot discharge the pollen so as to throw it upon the stigma, as the flower stands always upright till after impregnation. — The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition: Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes, Edgar Allan Poe

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