"cross-pollination" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cross-pollinations [plural]
Etymology: From cross- + pollination. Etymology templates: {{af|en|cross-|pollination}} cross- + pollination Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} cross-pollination (countable and uncountable, plural cross-pollinations)
  1. (botany) Fertilization by the transfer of pollen from an anther of one plant to a stigma of another. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Botany Translations (fertilization): krydsbestøvning (Danish), allogami (Danish), kruisbestuiving [feminine] (Dutch), tvørdustan (Faroese), ristipölytys (Finnish), ჯვარედინი დამტვერვა (ǯvaredini damṭverva) (Georgian), keresztbeporzás (Hungarian), aðfrævun [feminine] (Icelandic), crosphailniú [masculine] (Irish), പരപരാഗണം (paraparāgaṇaṁ) (Malayalam), haenga whakawhiti (Maori), whakawhitianga hae (Maori), perîna têkel [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), krysspollinering (Norwegian Bokmål), allogami (Norwegian Bokmål), krysspollinering (Norwegian Nynorsk), allogami (Norwegian Nynorsk), korspollination [common-gender] (Swedish), allogami (Swedish), tawidsapunlatil (Tagalog), పరపరాగసంపర్కము (paraparāgasamparkamu) (Telugu), перехре́сне запи́лення (perexrésne zapýlennja) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
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  2. (figurative) Inspiration, stimulation, or influence between diverse elements. Tags: countable, figuratively, uncountable Translations (inspiration): kruisbestuiving [feminine] (Dutch), crosphailniú [masculine] (Irish), cóimheascadh [masculine] (Irish)
    Sense id: en-cross-pollination-en-noun-tA~VUdPA Categories (other): English terms prefixed with cross- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with cross-: 52 48 Disambiguation of 'inspiration': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: crosspollination Related terms: cross-pollinate

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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "inspiration",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "crosphailniú"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "inspiration",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cóimheascadh"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cross-pollination"
}

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