cross-fertilisation
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Sense 1 noun
fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from different individual of the same species
Types & categories
- fertilization hypernym
- allogamy hyponym
Related & opposite
- self-fertilization antonym
- cross-fertilize derivation
- cross-fertilize derivation
Sense 2 noun
interchange between different cultures or different ways of thinking that is mutually productive and beneficial
the cross-fertilization of science and the creative arts
Types & categories
- interchange hypernym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | self-fertilization |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | cross-fertilize |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | cross-fertilize |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | fertilization |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | allogamy |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | interchange |