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CROSS-FERTILISE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cross-fertilise mean?
• CROSS-FERTILISE (verb)
The verb CROSS-FERTILISE has 2 senses:
1. undergo cross-fertilization; become fertile
2. cause to undergo cross-fertilization
Familiarity information: CROSS-FERTILISE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Undergo cross-fertilization; become fertile
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
cross-fertilise; cross-fertilize
Hypernyms (to "cross-fertilise" is one way to...):
change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
cross-fertilisation (fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from different individual of the same species)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Cause to undergo cross-fertilization
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
cross-fertilise; cross-fertilize
Context example:
Mendel cross-fertilized different kinds of beans
Hypernyms (to "cross-fertilise" is one way to...):
fecundate; fertilise; fertilize; inseminate (introduce semen into (a female))
Cause:
cross-fertilise; cross-fertilize (undergo cross-fertilization; become fertile)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
cross-fertilisation (fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from different individual of the same species)
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