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Webster 1913 Edition


Adosculation

Ad-os′cu-la′tion

,
Noun.
[L.
adosculari
,
adosculatum
, to kiss. See
Osculate
.]
(Biol.)
Impregnation by external contact, without intromission.

Webster 1828 Edition


Adosculation

ADOSCULA'TION

,
Noun.
[L. ad and osculatio, a kissing, from osculum, a kiss, or mouth.]
The impregnation of plants by the falling of the farina on the pistils.
Adosculation is also defined to be the inserting of one part of a plant into another.

Definition 2024


adosculation

adosculation

English

Noun

adosculation (uncountable)

  1. (biology) impregnation by external contact, without intromission