'Cross-fertilize' definitions:
Definition of 'cross-fertilize'
(from WordNet)
verb
Undergo cross-fertilization; become fertile [syn: cross- fertilize, cross-fertilise]
verb
Cause to undergo cross-fertilization; "Mendel cross- fertilized different kinds of beans" [syn: cross-fertilize, cross-fertilise]
Definition of 'Cross-fertilize'
From: GCIDE
- Cross-fertilize \Cross"-fer"ti*lize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cross-fertilized; p. pr. & vb. n. Cross-fertilizing.] (Bot.) To fertilize, as the stigmas of a flower or plant, with the pollen from another individual of the same species. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]