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CROSS-POLLINATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cross-pollinate mean?
• CROSS-POLLINATE (verb)
The verb CROSS-POLLINATE has 1 sense:
1. fertilize by transfering pollen
Familiarity information: CROSS-POLLINATE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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Present simple: I / you / we / they cross-pollinate ... he / she / it cross-pollinates
Past simple: cross-pollinated
Past participle: cross-pollinated
-ing form: cross-pollinating
... he / she / it cross-pollinates Past simple: cross-pollinated
Past participle: cross-pollinated
-ing form: cross-pollinating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fertilize by transfering pollen
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
cross-pollinate; pollenate; pollinate
Hypernyms (to "cross-pollinate" is one way to...):
fecundate; fertilise; fertilize; inseminate (introduce semen into (a female))
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
cross-pollination (fertilization by transfer of pollen from the anthers of one flower to the stigma of another)
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