Cross-pollination

Definition: Cross-pollination

Cross-pollination

Noun

1. Fertilization by transfer of pollen from the anthers of one flower to the stigma of another.

2. Stimulating influence among diverse elements; "the cross-pollination of the arts".

Specialty Definition: Cross-pollination

Usage Frequency: Cross-pollination

"Cross-pollination" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Cross-pollination" is used about 6 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)

Modern Translation: Cross-pollination

Language		Translations for "cross-pollination"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		krydsbestøvning (crossing). (various references)

Finnish		ristipölytys (cross fertilization, crossing, xenogamy). (various references)

French		croisement (cross, crossbreeding, crossing, cross-road, crossroads), hybridation (cross breeding, crossbreeding, crossing). (various references)

German		Kreuzung (cross, crossbreed, cross-breed, cross-breeding, crossing, crossroads, crosswalk, hybrid, hybridization, interbreeding, interchange, intersection, junction). (various references)

Greek		Υβριδισμός διασταύρωση (crossing). (various references)

Pig Latin		oss-pollinationcray

Portuguese		polinização cruzada (cross fertilization, crossing, xenogamy). (various references)

Spanish		polinización cruzada (allogamy). (various references)

Swedish		korspollination (crossing). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Cross-pollination

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-i-i-l-l-n-n-o-o-o-p-r-s-s-t"
	-3 letters: colonisations, conspirations.
	-4 letters: colonialists, colonisation, consistorial, consolations, conspiration, nonpolitical, nonsocialist, oscillations, pollinations, postcolonial.
	-5 letters: anisotropic, ascriptions, colonialist, colorations, colorpoints, consolation, coronations, insolations, nonplastics, nontropical, oscillation, oscillators, pollination, pollinators, postillions, scallopinis, sonications, spoliations.
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Domain	Definition
Biology & Biotechnology	The pollination of a biotype with pollen from one or more different biotypes. Source: European Union. (references)
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Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	6	143,867

Cross-pollination

Definition: Cross-pollination