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Generation after generation, built only to breed, to consume and fecundate; and finally to be consumed themselves, when their reproductive cycles wither.

No. Defy the monsters, prod the phoenix, bury pig­nuts, come forward magical, fecundate freedom, build, levy songs.

The primitive lineaments of organization may be traced in the egg, even before it is fecundated.

How is the extremely complex human body with its various physical characteristics built up from the nucleus of a fecundated cell, the ovum?

Pollen, pol′en, n. the fertilising powder contained in the anthers of flowers: the male or fecundating element in flowers.—v.t. to cover with pollen.—adj.