Definitions for cross-pollination

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cross-pollination cross-pol·li·na·tion

Spelling: [kraws-pol-uh-ney-shuh n, Cross-Pollination is a 17 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 2393 anagrams from letters in cross-pollination (-aciillnnoooprsst).

Definitions for cross-pollination

noun

1. Botany. the transfer of pollen from the flower of one plant to the flower of a plant having a different genetic constitution. Compare self-pollination.
2. a sharing or interchange of knowledge, ideas, etc., as for mutual enrichment; cross-fertilization.

Origin of cross-pollination

First recorded in 1880-85

Examples for cross-pollination

Here also cross-pollination must take place if seeds are to be formed.

Others set no fruit whatsoever if cross-pollination is not provided for.

cross-pollination, be it remembered, is not a cure-all for failures to set fruit.

What devices are there among the Orchids to bring about cross-pollination?

In such flowers, cross-pollination must of necessity follow.

All this cross-pollination prompted Politico on Tuesday to question whether Obama and Facebook are getting too cozy.

Flies and some other insects are agents in cross-pollination.

What are your experiences, from the practical publishing side, of your diversity of book types and cross-pollination of genres?

Even with cross-pollination, Eldorado sometimes fails to bear and is not worth growing unless planted in a mixed vineyard.

Factors: (a) selective planting, (b) cross-pollination, (c) hybridizing.