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CROSS-POLLINATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Stimulating influence among diverse elements
Example:
the cross-pollination of the arts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("cross-pollination" is a kind of...):
influence (causing something without any direct or apparent effort)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Fertilization by transfer of pollen from the anthers of one flower to the stigma of another
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("cross-pollination" is a kind of...):
pollenation; pollination (transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of a plant)
Antonym:
self-pollination (fertilization by transfer of pollen from the anthers to the stigma of the same flower)
Derivation:
cross-pollinate (fertilize by transfering pollen)
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