cross-pollination

See also: crosspollination

English

Alternative forms

• crosspollination

Etymology

From cross- +‎ pollination.

Noun

cross-pollination (countable and uncountable, plural cross-pollinations)

1. (botany) fertilization by the transfer of pollen from an anther of one plant to a stigma of another
2. (figurative) inspiration, stimulation or influence between diverse elements

Related terms

• cross-pollinate

Translations

fertilization

• Hungarian: keresztbeporzás
• Irish: crosphailniú m
• Maori: haenga whakawhiti, whakawhitianga hae
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• Tagalog: tawidsapunlatil
• Telugu: పరపరాగసంపర్కము (paraparāgasamparkamu)

inspiration

• Dutch: kruisbestuiving (nl)
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• Irish: crosphailniú m, cóimheascadh m