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CROSS-FERTILIZE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause to undergo cross-fertilization

Example:

Mendel cross-fertilized different kinds of beans

Synonyms:

cross-fertilise; cross-fertilize

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "cross-fertilize" is one way to...):

fecundate; fertilise; fertilize; inseminate (introduce semen into (a female))

Cause:

cross-fertilise; cross-fertilize (undergo cross-fertilization; become fertile)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

cross-fertilization (fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from different individual of the same species)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Undergo cross-fertilization; become fertile

Synonyms:

cross-fertilise; cross-fertilize

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "cross-fertilize" is one way to...):

change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

cross-fertilization (fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from different individual of the same species)

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