[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]