Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The transfer of pollen from an anther of a flower of one plant to a stigma of a flower of another plant of the same species.
- noun Influence or inspiration between or among diverse elements.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
cross-fertilization .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun fertilization by transfer of pollen from the anthers of one flower to the stigma of another.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun botany
Fertilization by thetransfer ofpollen from ananther of oneplant to astigma of another - noun
Inspiration ,stimulation orinfluence betweendiverse elements
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun stimulating influence among diverse elements
- noun fertilization by transfer of pollen from the anthers of one flower to the stigma of another
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Examples
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This cross-pollination might even lead to an European-wide alliance, also including the US and Canada; an Atlanticist Islamophobistan.
Pepe Escobar: Letter from Islamophobistan Pepe Escobar 2010
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(However, in a bit of cross-pollination, he appears to work in Blüdhaven, the crime-riddled city near Gotham that Chuck Dixon invented for the Nightwing magazine in 1996.)
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"We've definitely seen a cross-pollination, certainly of ... techniques, tactics and procedures across the organizations," said one of the officials, speaking on condition of anonymity.
African Islamist groups seen as U.S. threat: general Reuters 2011
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And what makes these populists even more dangerous is their cross-pollination.
Pepe Escobar: Letter from Islamophobistan Pepe Escobar 2010
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"We've definitely seen a cross-pollination, certainly of ... techniques, tactics and procedures across the organizations," said one of the officials, speaking on condition of anonymity.
African Islamist groups seen as U.S. threat: general Reuters 2011
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"We've definitely seen a cross-pollination, certainly of ... techniques, tactics and procedures across the organizations," said one of the officials, speaking on condition of anonymity.
African Islamist groups seen as U.S. threat: general Reuters 2011
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(Soundbite of music) RAZ: You know, I've been noticing a lot of kind of cross-pollination on indie records and even on hip-hop records lately.
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Foreign players are no longer an issue, which cannot be said in Wales, and even the New Zealand Rugby Union has admitted that there is something to be said for cross-pollination.
Premiership's winds of change are clearing out cobwebs for England Paul Rees 2010
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The nonprofit, whose about 70 members help facilitate academic and cultural cross-pollination between the countries, helps introduce Vermonters to Japanese culture.
U.S. sends aid to Japan, reacts to deadly quake, tsunami 2011
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"We've definitely seen a cross-pollination, certainly of ... techniques, tactics and procedures across the organizations," said one of the officials, speaking on condition of anonymity.
African Islamist groups seen as U.S. threat: general Reuters 2011
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