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CROSS-POLLINATING
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to or characteristic of cross-pollination
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
cross-pollination (fertilization by transfer of pollen from the anthers of one flower to the stigma of another)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb cross-pollinate