(n) fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from different individual of the same species, Syn. cross-fertilisation, Ant. self-fertilization
(n) interchange between different cultures or different ways of thinking that is mutually productive and beneficial, Syn. cross-fertilisation, Example:the cross-fertilization of science and the creative arts
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