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Noun: cross-fertilization  'krós`fur-tu-lu'zey-shun [N. Amer], 'krós`fur-tu-lI'zey-shun [Brit]
  1. Fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from different individual of the same species
    - cross-fertilisation [Brit]
     
  2. Interchange between different cultures or different ways of thinking that is mutually productive and beneficial
    "the cross-fertilization of science and the creative arts"
    - cross-fertilisation [Brit]

Derived forms: cross-fertilizations

See also: cross-fertilize

Type of: fecundation, fertilisation [Brit], fertilization, give-and-take, impregnation, interchange, reciprocation

Antonym: self-fertilization

Encyclopedia: Cross-fertilization

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