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cross-fertilizing

cross-fertilizing is the present participle and gerund 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.

Questions about cross-fertilizing

What is cross-fertilizing the present participle and gerund of?
Cross-fertilizing is the present participle and gerund of cross-fertilize.

Words near cross-fertilizing in the dictionary

  1. cross-fertilization
  2. cross-fertilizations
  3. cross-fertilize
  4. cross-fertilized
  5. cross-fertilizes
  6. cross-fertilizing
  7. cross-foster
  8. cross-fostered
  9. cross-fostering
  10. cross-fosters
  11. cross-functional

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