cross-pollination

See also: crosspollination

English

Alternative forms

• crosspollination

Etymology

From cross- +‎ pollination.

Noun

cross-pollination (countable and uncountable, plural cross-pollinations)

1. (botany) Fertilization by the transfer of pollen from an anther of one plant to a stigma of another.
2. (figurative) Inspiration, stimulation, or influence between diverse elements.

Related terms

• cross-pollinate

Translations

fertilization

• Danish: krydsbestøvning, allogami
• Dutch: kruisbestuiving (nl) f
• Faroese: tvørdustan
• Finnish: ristipölytys
• Georgian: ჯვარედინი დამტვერვა (ǯvaredini damṭverva)
• Hungarian: keresztbeporzás
• Icelandic: aðfrævun f
• Irish: crosphailniú m
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: perîna têkel f

• Malayalam: പരപരാഗണം (paraparāgaṇaṁ)
• Maori: haenga whakawhiti, whakawhitianga hae
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: krysspollinering, allogami

  Nynorsk: krysspollinering, allogami

• Swedish: korspollination c, allogami
• Tagalog: tawidsapunlatil
• Telugu: పరపరాగసంపర్కము (paraparāgasamparkamu)
• Ukrainian: перехре́сне запи́лення n (perexrésne zapýlennja)

inspiration

• Dutch: kruisbestuiving (nl) f
• Irish: crosphailniú m, cóimheascadh m