[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

illegitimate \il`legit"imate\, a.
   1. not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful;
      improper.
      1913 webster

   2. unlawfully begotten; born out of wedlock; bastard; as, an
      illegitimate child.
      1913 webster

   3. not legitimately deduced or inferred; illogical; as, an
      illegitimate inference.
      1913 webster

   4. not authorized by good usage; not genuine; spurious; as,
      an illegitimate word.
      1913 webster

   illegitimate fertilization, or illegitimate union bot.,
      the fertilization of pistils by stamens not of their own
      length, in heterogonously dimorphic and trimorphic
      flowers. --darwin.
      1913 webster
see also:
illegitimate fertilization illegitimate union 

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Fertilization, definition of term: Fertilization
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