| NOUN | event | cross-fertilization, cross-fertilisation | fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from different individual of the same species |
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| act | cross-fertilization, cross-fertilisation | interchange between different cultures or different ways of thinking that is mutually productive and beneficial |
| Meaning | fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from different individual of the same species. | |
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| Synonym | cross-fertilisation | |
| Narrower | allogamy | cross-fertilization in plants |
| Broader | fertilization, fertilisation, fecundation, impregnation | creation by the physical union of male and female gametes |
| Opposite | self-fertilization, self-fertilisation | fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from the same individual |
| Spanish | fertilización cruzada | |
| Catalan | fertilització creuada | |
| Verbs | cross-fertilize | cause to undergo cross-fertilization |
| cross-fertilize | undergo cross-fertilization | |
| Meaning | Interchange between different cultures or different ways of thinking that is mutually productive and beneficial. | |
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| Example | "the cross-fertilization of science and the creative arts" | |
| Synonym | cross-fertilisation | |
| Broader | interchange, reciprocation, give-and-take | mutual interaction |
| Spanish | fertilización cruzada | |
| Catalan | fertilització creuada | |
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