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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Cross-fertilize

· Cross·-fer·ti·lize · IPA
01 v. t. To fertilize, as the stigmas of a flower or plant, with the pollen from another individual of the same species.
imp. & p. p. Cross-fertilized; p. pr. & vb. n. Cross-fertilizing
  1. 1.
    To fertilize, as the stigmas of a flower or plant, with the pollen from another individual of the same species.(Bot.)