IMPREGNATION

• (noun) creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant

  synonyms : fecundation , fertilisation , fertilization

• (noun) the process of totally saturating something with a substance

  "the impregnation of wood with preservative", "the saturation of cotton with ether"

  synonyms : saturation

• (noun) material with which something is impregnated

  "the impregnation, whatever it was, had turned the rock blue"

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