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cross-examiner |
cross-eye |
cross-eyed |
cross-fertilisation |
cross-fertilise |
cross-fertilization
| cross-fertilize
| cross-file
| cross-florida waterway
| cross-garnet
| cross-grained
cross-fertilization
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun cross-fertilization has 2 senses
- cross-fertilization(n = noun.event) cross-fertilisation - fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from different individual of the same species; Array is a kind of fecundation, fertilisation, fertilization, impregnation
- cross-fertilization(n = noun.act) cross-fertilisation - interchange between different cultures or different ways of thinking that is mutually productive and beneficial; "the cross-fertilization of science and the creative arts" is a kind of give-and-take, interchange, reciprocation
has particulars: allogamy
Derived forms verb cross-fertilize2, verb cross-fertilize1
Antonym: self-fertilization
CIDE DICTIONARY
cross-fertilization, n.
fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from different individuals of the same species. [WordNet 1.5]
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