nnoun.eventfertilization by the union of male and female gametes from different individual of the same speciesSynset:cross-fertilization
Antonyms:self-fertilization
Derivationally Related Form:cross-fertilisecross-fertilize
Hypernyms:fecundation fertilisation fertilization impregnation
Inherited Hypernyms:cross-fertilizationfertilizationcreationbeginninghappeningeventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:allogamy
nnoun.actinterchange between different cultures or different ways of thinking that is mutually productive and beneficialSynset:cross-fertilization
Examples:- the cross-fertilization of science and the creative arts
Hypernyms:give-and-take interchange reciprocation
Inherited Hypernyms:cross-fertilizationinterchangeinteractionactionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity