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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. undergo cross-fertilization; become fertile;
[syn: cross-fertilize, cross-fertilise]

2. cause to undergo cross-fertilization;
- Example: "Mendel cross-fertilized different kinds of beans"
[syn: cross-fertilize, cross-fertilise]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Cross-fertilize \Cross"-fer"ti*lize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cross-fertilized; p. pr. & vb. n. Cross-fertilizing.] (Bot.) To fertilize, as the stigmas of a flower or plant, with the pollen from another individual of the same species. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

cross-fertilize v 1: undergo cross-fertilization; become fertile [syn: cross- fertilize, cross-fertilise] 2: cause to undergo cross-fertilization; "Mendel cross- fertilized different kinds of beans" [syn: cross-fertilize, cross-fertilise]