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cross-fertilization

noun

Etymology

From cross- + fertilization.

  1. derived from fertilis
  2. derived from fertile
  3. derived from fertile
  4. suffixed as fertilize — “fertile + ize”
  5. suffixed as fertilization — “fertilize + ation”
  6. formed as cross-fertilization — “cross- + fertilization”

Definitions

  1. Fertilization by the union of gametes of different plants (sometimes of different…

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

  2. The mutual exchange of ideas or concepts from different fields for mutual benefit.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for cross-fertilization. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA