cross-fertilisation

A form of cross-fertilization — Fertilization by the union of gametes of different plants (sometimes of different species).

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Meanings

nouncross-fertilisation (countable and uncountable, plural cross-fertilisations)

plural cross-fertilisations

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative spelling of cross-fertilization.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounfertilization by the union of male and female gametes from different individual of the same species

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fertilizationfertilisationfecundation

nouninterchange between different cultures or different ways of thinking that is mutually productive and beneficial

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cross-fertilization
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interchangereciprocationgive-and-take
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From cross- + fertilisation.

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APA

cross-fertilisation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cross-fertilisation

MLA

“cross-fertilisation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cross-fertilisation. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cross-fertilisation,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cross-fertilisation.

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