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cross-pollinates

cross-pollinates is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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-pollinates

What is cross-pollinates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Cross-pollinates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cross-pollinate.

Words near cross-pollinates in the dictionary

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

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