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单词 cross-fertilize
释义

cross-fertilizev.

Etymology: cross- comb. form 1c(a).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcross-ˈfertilize.
Botany.
transitive. To fertilize by pollen from another flower or plant.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > be or affect a flowering plant [verb (transitive)] > fertilize
set1693
impregnate1769
cross-fertilize1876
self1903
1876 C. Darwin Effects Cross & Self Fertilisation Veg. Kingdom i. 1 The flowers of most kinds of plants are constructed so as to be..cross-fertilised by pollen from another flower.
figurative.1889 J. Jacobs Fables of Æsop p. xvii European literature was being crossfertilized by new germs from the East.

Derivatives

ˈcross-fertiˈlizable adj.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > [adjective] > characterized by pollination > cross-fertilizing
cross-fertilizable1882
allogamous1887
chasmogamic1900
chasmogamous1906
1882 Gray in Eclectic Mag. XXXV. 735 Blossoms cross-fertilizable by insects.
ˈcross-fertiliˈzation n. (also figurative).
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > [noun] > pollination > cross-fertilization
cross-fertilization1876
xenogamy1877
allogamy1878
geitonogamy1880
cross-pollination1882
1876 C. Darwin Effects Cross & Self Fertilisation Veg. Kingdom i. 1 Cross-fertilization is sometimes ensured by the sexes being separated.
1879 J. Lubbock Sci. Lect. ii. 35 To secure cross-fertilisation..winged insects are almost necessary, because they fly readily from one plant to another.
1900 Westm. 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!
1928 C. 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.
1944 J. S. Huxley On Living in Revol. p. vii The compulsory cross-fertilization of ideas.
1970 Daily Tel. 22 Apr. 21/5 The companies are now starting on the cross-fertilisation process, exchanging information, identifying common projects.
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