'cross-fertilization' definitions:
Definition of 'cross-fertilization'
From: WordNet
noun
Fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from different individual of the same species [syn: cross- fertilization, cross-fertilisation] [ant: self- fertilisation, self-fertilization]
noun
Interchange between different cultures or different ways of thinking that is mutually productive and beneficial; "the cross-fertilization of science and the creative arts" [syn: cross-fertilization, cross-fertilisation]
Definition of 'cross-fertilization'
From: GCIDE
- cross-fertilisation \cross-fertilisation\, cross-fertilization \cross-fertilization\n.
- 1. fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from different individuals of the same species. [WordNet 1.5]