"prefertilization" meaning in English

See prefertilization in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more prefertilization [comparative], most prefertilization [superlative]
Etymology: From pre- + fertilization. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|pre|fertilization}} pre- + fertilization Head templates: {{en-adj}} prefertilization (comparative more prefertilization, superlative most prefertilization)
  1. Prior to fertilization
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "pre",
        "3": "fertilization"
      },
      "expansion": "pre- + fertilization",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From pre- + fertilization.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more prefertilization",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most prefertilization",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "prefertilization (comparative more prefertilization, superlative most prefertilization)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with pre-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2015 October 7, “Host-Parasite Interactions from the Inside: Plant Reproductive Ontogeny Drives Specialization in Parasitic Insects”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:",
          "text": "Some Megastigmus species target conifer species with ovules at prefertilization stages, others target conifers with ovules that are post-fertilization [16 ].",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Prior to fertilization"
      ],
      "id": "en-prefertilization-en-adj-ew9wf7OI",
      "links": [
        [
          "fertilization",
          "fertilization"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "prefertilization"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "pre",
        "3": "fertilization"
      },
      "expansion": "pre- + fertilization",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From pre- + fertilization.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more prefertilization",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most prefertilization",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "prefertilization (comparative more prefertilization, superlative most prefertilization)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English adjectives",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English terms prefixed with pre-",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2015 October 7, “Host-Parasite Interactions from the Inside: Plant Reproductive Ontogeny Drives Specialization in Parasitic Insects”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:",
          "text": "Some Megastigmus species target conifer species with ovules at prefertilization stages, others target conifers with ovules that are post-fertilization [16 ].",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Prior to fertilization"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fertilization",
          "fertilization"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "prefertilization"
}

Download raw JSONL data for prefertilization meaning in English (1.2kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-04-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-04-03 using wiktextract (8c1bb29 and fb63907). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.