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cross-eye |
cross-eyed |
cross-fertilisation |
cross-fertilise |
cross-fertilization |
cross-fertilize
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cross-fertilize
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb cross-fertilize has 2 senses
- cross-fertilize(v = verb.body) cross-fertilise - undergo cross-fertilization; become fertile; Array is one way to change state, turn
- cross-fertilize(v = verb.body) cross-fertilise - cause to undergo cross-fertilization; "Mendel cross-fertilized different kinds of beans" is one way to fecundate, fertilise, fertilize, inseminate
Derived form noun cross-fertilization1
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
Derived form noun cross-fertilization1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
cross-fertilize, v. t.
To fertilize, as the stigmas of a flower or plant, with the pollen from another individual of the same species. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
cross-fertilize, v.tr. (also -ise)
1 fertilize (an animal or plant) from one of a different species.
2 help by the interchange of ideas etc.
1 fertilize (an animal or plant) from one of a different species.
2 help by the interchange of ideas etc.
Derivative
cross-fertilization n.
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