Cross-fertilisation

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  cross-fertilisation \cross-fertilisation\, cross-fertilization
  \cross-fertilization\n.
     1. fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from
        different individuals of the same species.
        [WordNet 1.5]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cross-fertilisation
       n 1: fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from
            different individual of the same species [syn: {cross-fertilization}]
            [ant: {self-fertilization}]
       2: interchange between different cultures or different ways of
          thinking that is mutually productive and beneficial; "the
          cross-fertilization of science and the creative arts"
          [syn: {cross-fertilization}]