toirchiú — meaning in English

English meaning

• fertilization noun The joining of a sperm and egg (or pollen and ovule) to produce offspring.
• impregnation noun The act of making pregnant; fertilization.

Senses

toirchiú is used for these senses in English:

• fertilization The act of fecundating or impregnating the gametes of animals, plants, etc.; including the process by which in flowers the pollen renders the ovule fertile, an analogous process in flowerless plants, or the joining of sperm and egg in animals.
• impregnation The act of making pregnant; fertilization.

fertilization — full definition

1. noun The joining of a sperm and egg (or pollen and ovule) to produce offspring.
2. noun The act of adding fertilizer to soil to make it more productive.

impregnation — full definition

1. noun The act of making pregnant; fertilization.
2. noun The fact or process of imbuing or saturating with something; diffusion of some element, idea etc. through a medium or substance.
3. noun That with which anything is impregnated.
4. noun An ore deposit, with indefinite boundaries, consisting of rock impregnated with ore.