| VERB | body | cross-fertilize, cross-fertilise | undergo cross-fertilization |
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| body | cross-fertilize, cross-fertilise | cause to undergo cross-fertilization |
| Meaning | Undergo cross-fertilization; become fertile. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Synonym | cross-fertilise | |
| Caused by | cross-fertilize, cross-fertilise | Cause to undergo cross-fertilization |
| Broader | change state, turn | Undergo a transformation or a change of position or action |
| Catalan | fertilitzar | |
| Nouns | cross-fertilization | fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from different individual of the same species |
| Meaning | Cause to undergo cross-fertilization. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "Mendel cross-fertilized different kinds of beans" | |
| Synonym | cross-fertilise | |
| Cause to | cross-fertilize, cross-fertilise | Undergo cross-fertilization |
| Broader | inseminate, fecundate, fertilize, fertilise | introduce semen into (a female) |
| Nouns | cross-fertilization | fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from different individual of the same species |
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