cross-fertilization

Noun	1.	cross-fertilization - fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from different individual of the same species cross-fertilisation fecundation, fertilisation, fertilization, impregnation - creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant allogamy - cross-fertilization in plants self-fertilisation, self-fertilization - fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from the same individual
	2.	cross-fertilization - 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 interchange, reciprocation, give-and-take - mutual interaction; the activity of interchanging or reciprocating

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