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cross-fertilize
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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