Defenition of the word cross-fertilisation

• Defenition of the word cross-fertilisation

  • fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from different individual of the same species
  • interchange between different cultures or different ways of thinking that is mutually productive and beneficial; "the cross-fertilization of science and the creative arts"
  • interchange between different cultures or different ways of thinking that is mutually productive and beneficial

Synonyms for the word cross-fertilisation

• • cross-fertilization

Hyponyms for the word cross-fertilisation

• • allogamy

Hypernyms for the word cross-fertilisation

• • fecundation
  • fertilisation
  • fertilization
  • give-and-take
  • impregnation
  • interchange
  • reciprocation

Antonyms for the word cross-fertilisation

• • self-fertilisation
  • self-fertilization

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