(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
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. ]