[syn: cross-fertilization, cross-fertilisation]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
cross-fertilisation \cross-fertilisation\, cross-fertilization
\cross-fertilization\n.
1. fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from
different individuals of the same species.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
cross-fertilisation
n 1: fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from
different individual of the same species [syn: cross-
fertilization, cross-fertilisation] [ant: self-
fertilisation, self-fertilization]
2: interchange between different cultures or different ways of
thinking that is mutually productive and beneficial; "the
cross-fertilization of science and the creative arts" [syn:
cross-fertilization, cross-fertilisation]