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cross-fertilisation

cross·fer·ti·lisation

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noun

1.

fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from different individual of the same species

2.

interchange between different cultures or different ways of thinking that is mutually productive and beneficial

  • “the cross-fertilization of science and the creative arts”

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