cross-fertilisation
1. fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from different individual of the same species • Syn: cross-fertilization • Ant: self-fertilization (for: cross-fertilization) • Derivationally related forms: cross-fertilise, cross-fertilize (for: cross-fertilization) • Hypernyms: fertilization, fertilisation, fecundation, impregnation • Hyponyms: allogamy 2. interchange between different cultures or different ways of thinking that is mutually productive and beneficial - the cross-fertilization of science and the creative arts • Syn: cross-fertilization • Hypernyms: interchange, reciprocation, give-and-take
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