cross-fertilisation
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1. interchange between different cultures or different ways of thinking that is mutually productive and beneficial (noun.act)
hypernym | : | give-and-take, interchange, reciprocation, |
definition | : | mutual interaction; the activity of reciprocating or exchanging (especially information) (noun.act) |
2. fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from different individual of the same species (noun.event)
hypernym | : | fecundation, fertilisation, fertilization, impregnation, |
definition | : | creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant (noun.event) |
hyponym | : | allogamy, |
definition | : | cross-fertilization in plants (noun.event) |
antonym | : | self-fertilisation, self-fertilization, |
definition | : | fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from the same individual (noun.event) |
derivation | : | cross-fertilise, cross-fertilize, |
definition | : | cause to undergo cross-fertilization (verb.body) |
derivation | : | cross-fertilise, cross-fertilize, |
definition | : | undergo cross-fertilization; become fertile (verb.body) |
antonym | : | self-fertilisation, self-fertilization, |
definition | : | fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from the same individual (noun.event) |
derivation | : | cross-fertilise, cross-fertilize, |
definition | : | cause to undergo cross-fertilization (verb.body) |
derivation | : | cross-fertilise, cross-fertilize, |
definition | : | undergo cross-fertilization; become fertile (verb.body) |
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