CROSS-FERTILISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cross-fertilise mean? 

• CROSS-FERTILISE (verb)
  The verb CROSS-FERTILISE has 2 senses:

1. undergo cross-fertilization; become fertile

2. cause to undergo cross-fertilization

  Familiarity information: CROSS-FERTILISE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CROSS-FERTILISE (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Undergo cross-fertilization; become fertile

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

cross-fertilise; cross-fertilize

Hypernyms (to "cross-fertilise" is one way to...):

change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

cross-fertilisation (fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from different individual of the same species)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cause to undergo cross-fertilization

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

cross-fertilise; cross-fertilize

Context example:

Mendel cross-fertilized different kinds of beans

Hypernyms (to "cross-fertilise" is one way to...):

fecundate; fertilise; fertilize; inseminate (introduce semen into (a female))

Cause:

cross-fertilise; cross-fertilize (undergo cross-fertilization; become fertile)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

cross-fertilisation (fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from different individual of the same species)