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CROSS-POLLINATION

Pronunciation (US):

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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:

Nouns denoting natural events

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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