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# unfertilised

adjective (unfertilised; US spelling: unfertilized)

«unfertilised» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Unfertilised describes an egg or egg cell that has not joined with a sperm cell, so it cannot grow into a baby animal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unfertilised/#m1)
2. Unfertilised describes a flower or ovule that has not received pollen, so it cannot make a seed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unfertilised/#m2)
3. Unfertilised soil or fields have had no fertiliser (plant food) added. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unfertilised/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science lessons it explains life cycles: the eggs we buy in shops are usually unfertilised, so they never become chicks. Unfertilised frogspawn does not hatch. In farming it is about fields that have not been fed with manure or fertiliser. Phrases: unfertilised egg, unfertilised flower.

### Examples

- Eggs from the supermarket are unfertilised, so no chick will grow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unfertilised/#x1)
- Hens lay eggs even without a cockerel, but the eggs are unfertilised. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unfertilised/#x2)
- An unfertilised flower falls off without making fruit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unfertilised/#x3)
- Unfertilised frogspawn turns white and does not hatch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unfertilised/#x4)
- Queen bees lay unfertilised eggs that become male bees. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unfertilised/#x5)
- The unfertilised field grew smaller carrots. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unfertilised/#x6)
- Bees help flowers so they don't stay unfertilised. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unfertilised/#x7)

### Note

UK spelling unfertilised, US unfertilized. «Un-» means «not». Fertilised eggs need warmth to develop; an unfertilised egg cannot grow even if kept warm.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «unfertilised» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unfertilised/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«unfertilised» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/unfertilised.html) on Mova free.