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Definition of Cross-fertilization

1. Noun. Fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from different individual of the same species.

2. Noun. Interchange between different cultures or different ways of thinking that is mutually productive and beneficial. "The cross-fertilization of science and the creative arts"

Definition of Cross-fertilization

1. Noun. Fertilization by the union of gametes of different plants (sometimes of different species). ¹

2. Noun. (by extension) The mutual exchange of ideas or concepts from different fields for mutual benefit. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cross-fertilization

cross-cultural comparison cross-cultural psychiatry cross-cut bur cross-division cross-dressers cross-examination cross-examine cross-examiner cross-eye cross-eyed

cross-fertilisation cross-fertilise cross-fertilization (current term) cross-fertilize cross-file cross-foster cross-fostered cross-fostering cross-fosters cross-garnet

cross-garnets cross-grained cross-hatch cross-hatched cross-hatches cross-hatching cross-hybridisation

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