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cross-fertilise

cross-fertilise is the alternative form of cross-fertilize.

Meaning of cross-fertilize

Verb

cross-fertilize (third-person singular simple present cross-fertilizes, present participle cross-fertilizing, simple past and past participle cross-fertilized)

  1. To undergo (or cause to undergo) cross-fertilization.

Forms of cross-fertilise

third-person singular presentcross-fertilises
present participlecross-fertilising
past participlecross-fertilised
pastcross-fertilised

Origin of cross-fertilise

From cross- + fertilise.

Questions about cross-fertilise

What is cross-fertilise the alternative form of?
Cross-fertilise is the alternative form of cross-fertilize.

Words near cross-fertilise in the dictionary

  1. cross-feeding
  2. cross-feeds
  3. cross-fertile
  4. cross-fertilisation
  5. cross-fertilisations
  6. cross-fertilise
  7. cross-fertilised
  8. cross-fertilises
  9. cross-fertilising
  10. cross-fertilizable
  11. cross-fertilization

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cross-fertilise (page history and authors); cross-fertilize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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