fertilisation : Idioms & Phrases


cross-fertilisation

  • noun fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from different individual of the same species
    cross-fertilization.
  • noun interchange between different cultures or different ways of thinking that is mutually productive and beneficial
    cross-fertilization.
    • the cross-fertilization of science and the creative arts
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self-fertilisation

  • noun fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from the same individual
    self-fertilization.
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