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cross-pollinated

cross-pollinated is the simple past and past participle of cross-pollinate.

Meaning of cross-pollinate

Verb

cross-pollinate (third-person singular simple present cross-pollinates, present participle cross-pollinating, simple past and past participle cross-pollinated)

  1. (transitive) To fertilize by the transfer of pollen from an anther of one plant to the stigma of another.
  2. (figuratively, transitive) To inspire, stimulate, or influence between diverse elements.

Questions about cross-pollinated

What is cross-pollinated the simple past and past participle of?
Cross-pollinated is the simple past and past participle of cross-pollinate.

Words near cross-pollinated in the dictionary

  1. cross-pol
  2. cross-polarisation
  3. cross-pole
  4. cross-poles
  5. cross-pollinate
  6. cross-pollinated
  7. cross-pollinates
  8. cross-pollinating
  9. cross-pollination
  10. cross-pollinations
  11. cross-polytope

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