Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive & transitive verb To undergo or cause to undergo cross-fertilization.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To fertilize, as the ovules of one flower, by the pollen of another flower.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb (Bot.) To fertilize, as the stigmas of a flower or plant, with the pollen from another individual of the same species.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To undergo (or cause to undergo)
cross-fertilization .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb cause to undergo cross-fertilization
- verb undergo cross-fertilization; become fertile
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Examples
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When there are hundreds of companies around, with workers more likely to change jobs, ideas can cross-fertilize.
Serendipitous Connections Megan McArdle 2010
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Mike Moorcock has said that one of his ambitions for New Worlds was to cross-fertilize the popular and literary traditions.
Ballardian » “Driven by Anger”: An Interview with Michael Butterworth (the Savoy interviews, part 1) 2009
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It remains eminently possible, if not likely, that Saltz's print publications and online presence will cross-fertilize and establish a healthy and sustainable equilibrium.
Sharon L. Butler: Jerry Saltz's Burden Sharon L. Butler 2011
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It remains eminently possible, if not likely, that Saltz's print publications and online presence will cross-fertilize and establish a healthy and sustainable equilibrium.
Sharon L. Butler: Jerry Saltz's Burden Sharon L. Butler 2011
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It remains eminently possible, if not likely, that Saltz's print publications and online presence will cross-fertilize and establish a healthy and sustainable equilibrium.
Sharon L. Butler: Jerry Saltz's Burden Sharon L. Butler 2011
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Adams is deeply interested in the broader musical dimensions of culture, how pop music and classical music coexist and sometimes cross-fertilize, how composers need audience feedback, how musical generations succeed one another and how some artists will fight quixotic battles to their dying day, holding true to avant-garde orthodoxy no matter how isolating it is.
A conversation with John Adams, composer and so much else 2010
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The two genres don't play off each other or give each other a fresh spin; they awkwardly coincide and never truly cross-fertilize.
Michael Giltz: Cannes 2010 Day Four and Five: Mike Leigh's New Gem and Inside Job Rocks The Fest 2010
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That all the fruit here is exceptionally tasty was noted by the Australians, who have taken scions from Kyrgyz apples to propagate and cross-fertilize with their own.
Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009
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That all the fruit here is exceptionally tasty was noted by the Australians, who have taken scions from Kyrgyz apples to propagate and cross-fertilize with their own.
Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009
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They are willing to switch parties and cross-fertilize for someone they think is telling the truth.
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