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    CROSS-FERTILISE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (verb) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Cause to undergo cross-fertilizationplay

    Example:

    Mendel cross-fertilized different kinds of beans

    Synonyms:

    cross-fertilise; cross-fertilize

    Classified under:

    Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

    Hypernyms (to "cross-fertilise" is one way to...):

    fecundate; fertilise; fertilize; inseminate (introduce semen into (a female))

    Cause:

    cross-fertilise; cross-fertilize (undergo cross-fertilization; become fertile)

    Sentence frame:

    Somebody ----s something

    Derivation:

    cross-fertilisation (fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from different individual of the same species)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Undergo cross-fertilization; become fertileplay

    Synonyms:

    cross-fertilise; cross-fertilize

    Classified under:

    Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

    Hypernyms (to "cross-fertilise" is one way to...):

    change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)

    Sentence frame:

    Something ----s

    Derivation:

    cross-fertilisation (fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from different individual of the same species)

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