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What does cross-fertilization mean?

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Noun
  1. Fertilization by the union of gametes of different plants (sometimes of different species).
  2. (by extension) The mutual exchange of ideas or concepts from different fields for mutual benefit.
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But the cross-fertilization of advertising and art also worked the other way.
While the flower is fully capable of cross-fertilization, the tree is so self-compatible that the majority of the fruits are usually self-fertilized.
In this case it appears that male sterility caused self-fertilization to fail but some days later cross-fertilization took place.
This session was the first in a series to facilitate collaboration and cross-fertilization.
The resulting forms of communication and socialization combined with print media in a fruitful cross-fertilization.
Similar mechanisms of cross-fertilization in plants are well known since long.

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