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									[ noun ] interchange between different cultures or different ways of thinking that is mutually productive and beneficial  Synonyms Examples "the cross-fertilization of science and the creative arts" Related terms | 
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									[ noun ] fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from different individual of the same species  Synonyms Related terms self-fertilization fertilization allogamy cross-fertilize cross-fertilize | 
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