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Definition: Cross-fertilization |
Cross-fertilizationNoun1. Fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from different individual of the same species. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "cross-fertilization" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1919. (references) |
Synonym: Cross-fertilizationSynonym: cross-fertilisation (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: self-fertilization (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Cross-fertilization |
| English words defined with "cross-fertilization": allogamous, allogamy ♦ congenial, cross-fertilise, cross-fertilize. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Cross-fertilization" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 90.91% of the time. "Cross-fertilization" is used about 11 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 90.91% | 10 | 111,207 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 9.09% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 11 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "cross-fertilization"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | διασταύρωση (cross, cross pollination, crossbreed, crossing, junction, traverse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | keresztbe porzás. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 交配 (crossbreeding, mating). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | "うはい (crossbreeding, destiny, good dividend, good offices, good spouse, halo, junior, married couple, mating, one's attitude, rise and fall, ruin, spouse, state of affairs, your trouble). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Manx | crosh-horraghey. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oss-fertilizationcray взаимное обогащение (идеями. (various references) sự thụ tinh chéo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | xenogamia. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-f-i-i-i-l-n-o-o-r-r-s-s-t-t-z" | |
-3 letters: sclerotizations. | |
-4 letters: eroticizations, fertilizations, sclerotization, sterilizations. | |
-5 letters: coalitionists, creolizations, eroticization, felicitations, ferrosilicons, fertilization, fictionalises, fictionalizes, fossilization, solicitations, sterilization, transistorize. | |
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