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ˈcross-ˈfertilize, v. Bot.
[cross- 6.]
trans. To fertilize by pollen from another flower or plant.
1876Darwin Cross-Fertil. i, The flowers of most kinds of plants are constructed so as to be..cross-fertilised by pollen from another flower.
fig.1889Jacobs æsop p. xvii, European literature was being crossfertilized by new germs from the East.
Hence ˈcross-fertiˈlizable a.; ˈcross-fertiliˈzation (also fig.).
1882Gray in Eclectic Mag. XXXV. 735 Blossoms cross-fertilizable by insects. 1876Darwin Cross-Fertil. 1 Cross-fertilization is sometimes ensured by the sexes being separated. 1879Lubbock Sci. Lect. ii. 35 To secure cross-fertilisation..winged insects are almost necessary, because they fly readily from one plant to another. 1900Westm. Gaz. 26 Jan 3/3 Nearly all eighteenth-century art in France and England hangs ultimately upon him; and, by their cross-fertilisation, how much of modern art too! 1928C. H. Dodd Authority of Bible ix. 196 Alexander's conquests had brought the old order to an end. There was a mingling of cultures, a cross-fertilization of East and West. 1944J. S. Huxley On Living in Rev. p. vii, The compulsory cross-fertilization of ideas. 1970Daily Tel. 22 Apr. 21/5 The companies are now starting on the cross-fertilisation process, exchanging information, identifying common projects. |