单词	cross-fertilize
释义	cross-fertilize /krɒsˈfəːtɪlʌɪz / (also cross-fertilise) verb 1 [with object] Fertilize (a plant) using pollen from another plant of the same species: he cross-fertilized some batches of plants... Canola pollen can also cross-fertilise related plants such as broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage and many common weed species. For example, he cites their unwillingness to concede that pollen from GM crops could cross-fertilize nearby conventional or organic varieties. In a typical experiment he cross-fertilized plants grown from green seeds with plants grown from yellow seeds and found that the resulting hybrid seeds were all yellow. 1.1 [no object] (Of two plants) fertilize each other: fennel should not be grown near to dill, otherwise the two will cross-fertilize... The potential for hybridization is supported by the fact that the three species cross-fertilize in the lab. Botanists have classically viewed this polymorphism as an outcrossing mechanism, since in most situations reciprocal morphs can only cross-fertilize. But the ecosystem is too interdependent for GM and non-GM crops to coexist without cross-fertilising. 2Stimulate the development of (something) with an exchange of ideas or information: sessions between the two groups cross-fertilize ideas and provide insights... This is precisely how astrological ideas cross-fertilise each other and grow. Music defines place not by isolating it, but rather by opening its borders so that different genres, styles, and repertories cross the borders and cross-fertilize one another. First, do the different organizations that are discussed in the various chapters cross-fertilize one another? Derivatives cross-fertilization /ˌkrɒsˌfəːtɪlʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n / noun ... Flowers of this species are protogynous, visited by a good variety of insects, and capable of both self-and cross-fertilization. In this case it appears that male sterility caused self-fertilization to fail but some days later cross-fertilization took place. While the flower is fully capable of cross-fertilization, the tree is so self-compatible that the majority of the fruits are usually self-fertilized.
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