Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cross-fertilisation

2 senses of cross-fertilisation

Sense 1
cross-fertilization, cross-fertilisation -- (fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from different individual of the same species)
       => fertilization, fertilisation, fecundation, impregnation -- (creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant)

Sense 2
cross-fertilization, cross-fertilisation -- (interchange between different cultures or different ways of thinking that is mutually productive and beneficial; "the cross-fertilization of science and the creative arts")
       => interchange, reciprocation, give-and-take -- (mutual interaction; the activity of reciprocating or exchanging (especially information))