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CROSS-POLLINATE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they cross-pollinate ... he / she / it cross-pollinates
Past simple: cross-pollinated
Past participle: cross-pollinated
-ing form: cross-pollinating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fertilize by transfering pollen
Synonyms:
cross-pollinate; pollenate; pollinate
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "cross-pollinate" is one way to...):
fecundate; fertilise; fertilize; inseminate (introduce semen into (a female))
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
cross-pollination (fertilization by transfer of pollen from the anthers of one flower to the stigma of another)
