certation
noun
cer·ta·tion
(ˌ)sərˈtāshən
plural -s
: competition between male elements of different genotype for opportunity to fertilize available female elements especially as manifested by differential growth of pollen tubes
Word History
Etymology
Latin certation-, certatio contest, from certatus, past participle of certare to fight, contend, settle something by a contest, from certus certain
- inoffensiveness
- inoffensivenesses
- inofficial
- inofficious testament
- inofficious will
- inoperable
- inoperative
- inoperativeness
- inoperativenesses
- inopercular
- inoperculate
- inoperculates
- inopportune
- inopportunely
- inopportuneness
- inopportunenesses
- inopportunists
- inopportunities
- inorb
- inorbed
- inorbing
- inorbs
- inordinacies
- inordinacy
- inordinance