cross-pollinate

Verb

Meaning

fertilize by transfering pollen

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

cross pollinate

Synonyms

fertilize pollinate fertilise interbreed hybridize crossbreed mongrelize pollenate intercross

Hypernyms

fertilize fertilise inseminate fecundate

Examples

As a favoured African and proud Zimbabwean, I am greatly excited to have the historical opportunity to share my thoughts and cross-pollinate ideas on the legacy of an icon, a champion and indeed a luminary African son of the soil, Samora Machel. Source: Internet

If you are among the growing legion of gardeners who save their own seed, here’s another reason to know your pumpkins’ lineage: Grow more than one variety of pumpkin, and they just might cross-pollinate. Source: Internet

The organizations expressed concerns regarding glyphosate-resistant sugar beets' ability to potentially cross-pollinate with conventional sugar beets. Source: Internet

When plants of these two chemotypes cross-pollinate, the plants in the first filial (F 1 ) generation have an intermediate chemotype and produce similar amounts of CBD and THC. Source: Internet

There are only a handful of olive varieties that can be used to cross-pollinate. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

cross-ply cross-polarisation cross-pole cross-pollinating cross-pollination cross-polytope