cross-fertilisation
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
The word 'cross-fertilisation' is formed by combining 'cross' and 'fertilisation'. 'Cross' comes from the Old English word 'cros', meaning 'a crossing or intersection', and 'fertilisation' refers to the process of fertilizing.
مثال
- Cross-fertilisation is commonly used in agriculture to improve crop yields.
- The botanist studied the effects of cross-fertilisation on plant growth.
- Certain flowers rely on cross-fertilisation for reproduction.
تعریف انگلیسی
noun
- fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from different individual of the same species
- interchange between different cultures or different ways of thinking that is mutually productive and beneficial “the cross-fertilization of science and the creative arts”