cross-fertilization

Noun cross-fertilization has 2 senses

• cross-fertilization(n = noun.event) cross-fertilisation - fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from different individual of the same species; Array
is a kind of fecundation, fertilisation, fertilization, impregnation
has particulars: allogamy
Derived forms verb cross-fertilize₂, verb cross-fertilize₁
Antonym: self-fertilization

• cross-fertilization(n = noun.act) cross-fertilisation - interchange between different cultures or different ways of thinking that is mutually productive and beneficial; "the cross-fertilization of science and the creative arts"
is a kind of give-and-take, interchange, reciprocation