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cross-pollinating

cross-pollinating is the present 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-pollinating

What is cross-pollinating the present participle of?
Cross-pollinating is the present participle of cross-pollinate.

Words near cross-pollinating in the dictionary

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

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