Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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cross-fertilization | Yes | No | No | No |
fertilization | Yes | No | No | No |
cross-fertilization (noun) | fertilization (noun) |
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interchange between different cultures or different ways of thinking that is mutually productive and beneficial | creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant |
fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from different individual of the same species | making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure |