cross-fertilization
noun
1 cross-fertilization
Fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from different individual of the same species.
synonym: cross-fertilisation.
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.
synonym: cross-fertilisation.
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