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Verb: cross-fertilise  krós'fur-tu,lIz
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: cross-fertilize)
  1. Cause to undergo cross-fertilization
    "Mendel cross-fertilised different kinds of beans";
    - cross-fertilize
     
  2. Undergo cross-fertilization; become fertile
    "The orchids cross-fertilised to produce a new hybrid";
    - cross-fertilize

Derived forms: cross-fertilising, cross-fertilises, cross-fertilised

Type of: change state, fecundate, fertilise [Brit], fertilize, inseminate, turn