cross-fertilizev.

Etymology: cross- comb. form 1c(a).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcross-ˈfertilize.

Botany.

transitive. To fertilize by pollen from another flower or plant.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > be or affect a flowering plant [verb (transitive)] > fertilize

set1693

impregnate1769

cross-fertilize1876

self1903

1876 C. Darwin Effects Cross & Self Fertilisation Veg. Kingdom i. 1 The flowers of most kinds of plants are constructed so as to be..cross-fertilised by pollen from another flower.

figurative.1889 J. Jacobs Fables of Æsop p. xvii European literature was being crossfertilized by new germs from the East.

Derivatives

ˈcross-fertiˈlizable adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > [adjective] > characterized by pollination > cross-fertilizing

cross-fertilizable1882

allogamous1887

chasmogamic1900

chasmogamous1906

1882 Gray in Eclectic Mag. XXXV. 735 Blossoms cross-fertilizable by insects.

ˈcross-fertiliˈzation n. (also figurative).

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > [noun] > pollination > cross-fertilization

cross-fertilization1876

xenogamy1877

allogamy1878

geitonogamy1880

cross-pollination1882

1876 C. Darwin Effects Cross & Self Fertilisation Veg. Kingdom i. 1 Cross-fertilization is sometimes ensured by the sexes being separated.

1879 J. Lubbock Sci. Lect. ii. 35 To secure cross-fertilisation..winged insects are almost necessary, because they fly readily from one plant to another.

1900 Westm. Gaz. 26 Jan. 3/3 Nearly all eighteenth-century art in France and England hangs ultimately upon him; and, by their cross-fertilisation, how much of modern art too!

1928 C. H. Dodd Authority of Bible ix. 196 Alexander's conquests had brought the old order to an end. There was a mingling of cultures, a cross-fertilization of East and West.

1944 J. S. Huxley On Living in Revol. p. vii The compulsory cross-fertilization of ideas.

1970 Daily Tel. 22 Apr. 21/5 The companies are now starting on the cross-fertilisation process, exchanging information, identifying common projects.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	cross-fertilize
释义	cross-fertilizev. Etymology: cross- comb. form 1c(a).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcross-ˈfertilize. Botany. transitive. To fertilize by pollen from another flower or plant. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > be or affect a flowering plant [verb (transitive)] > fertilize set1693 impregnate1769 cross-fertilize1876 self1903 1876 C. Darwin Effects Cross & Self Fertilisation Veg. Kingdom i. 1 The flowers of most kinds of plants are constructed so as to be..cross-fertilised by pollen from another flower. figurative.1889 J. Jacobs Fables of Æsop p. xvii European literature was being crossfertilized by new germs from the East. Derivatives ˈcross-fertiˈlizable adj. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > [adjective] > characterized by pollination > cross-fertilizing cross-fertilizable1882 allogamous1887 chasmogamic1900 chasmogamous1906 1882 Gray in Eclectic Mag. XXXV. 735 Blossoms cross-fertilizable by insects. ˈcross-fertiliˈzation n. (also figurative). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > [noun] > pollination > cross-fertilization cross-fertilization1876 xenogamy1877 allogamy1878 geitonogamy1880 cross-pollination1882 1876 C. Darwin Effects Cross & Self Fertilisation Veg. Kingdom i. 1 Cross-fertilization is sometimes ensured by the sexes being separated. 1879 J. Lubbock Sci. Lect. ii. 35 To secure cross-fertilisation..winged insects are almost necessary, because they fly readily from one plant to another. 1900 Westm. Gaz. 26 Jan. 3/3 Nearly all eighteenth-century art in France and England hangs ultimately upon him; and, by their cross-fertilisation, how much of modern art too! 1928 C. H. Dodd Authority of Bible ix. 196 Alexander's conquests had brought the old order to an end. There was a mingling of cultures, a cross-fertilization of East and West. 1944 J. S. Huxley On Living in Revol. p. vii The compulsory cross-fertilization of ideas. 1970 Daily Tel. 22 Apr. 21/5 The companies are now starting on the cross-fertilisation process, exchanging information, identifying common projects. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < v.1876
随便看	nonsymbolic nonsymmetric nonsymmetrical nonsympathiser nonsympathisers nonsympathizer nonsympathizers nonsympathy nonsynchronous nonsynonymous nonsyntactic nonsystematic nontariff nontaster nontautologous nontax nontaxes nonteaching nontechnical nontechnically nonteleological nontemporal nontemporality nontemporals nontenure