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Organ vs Fructification - What's the difference?

organ | fructification |

As nouns the difference between organ and fructification

is that organ is a largest part of an organism, composed of tissues that perform similar functions while fructification is the act of forming or producing fruit; the act of fructifying, or rendering productive of fruit; fecundation.

As a verb organ

is (obsolete|transitive) to supply with an organ or organs; to fit with organs.

organ

English

(wikipedia organ) (Pipe organ)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A largest part of an organism, composed of tissues that perform similar functions.
  • (by extension) A body of an organization dedicated to the performing of certain functions.
  • (musical instruments) A musical instrument that has multiple pipes which play when a key is pressed (the pipe organ), or an electronic instrument designed to replicate such.
  • * , chapter=5
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ , the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.}}
  • An official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication of an organization.
  • A species of cactus ().
  • (slang) The penis.
  • Hyponyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * barrel organ * house organ * internal organ * mouth organ * pipe organ * sense organ * sex organ * storage organ * swell organ * vital organ

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To supply with an organ or organs; to fit with organs.
  • * Bishop Mannyngham
  • Thou art elemented and organed for other apprehensions.

    Anagrams

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    fructification

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of forming or producing fruit; the act of fructifying, or rendering productive of fruit; fecundation.
  • The collective organs by which a plant produces its fruit, or seeds, or reproductive spores.
  • The process of producing fruit, or seeds, or spores.