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Meanings of cross-pollination in English

Catalan
pol·linització creuada

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

        pol·linització creuada
        Usage of cross-pollination in English
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        It's a wonderful thing and there's a lot of cross-pollination going on.
        Radio NZ
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        Could this be the start of a fruitful cross-pollination, asks Jon Ihle.
        The Irish Times
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        The movie provides a snapshot of the incredible cross-pollination that's possible these days.
        Wired
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        Will there be more collaboration and cross-pollination on the new album?
        The Irish Times
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        But as James tells it, their genre cross-pollination came about almost by accident.
        The Guardian
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        Cavanagh says there is a cross-pollination of skills between con men and advocates.
        The Irish Times
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        It is possible, also, that some of the varieties need cross-pollination.
        Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) / A Practical Guide to the ...
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        Lockheed Martin Boeing's rival defense contractors have their own cross-pollination programs.
        Wired
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        Such cross-pollination was present at the start of the movie industry in the subcontinent.
        The Guardian
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        Today the rivalry continues, but there is much more cross-pollination.
        The Master Algorithm
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        This cable-to-network cross-pollination, though potentially short lived, promises to help actors' careers and their pocketbooks.
        Reuters
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        But this pop-cultural cross-pollination has a long, long legacy.
        Wired
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        The ease-of-contact the Net offers makes for interesting cross-pollination.
        Wired
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        He was all of those things, a bizarre cross-pollination of subcultures possible only in South Florida.
        Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
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        Mariel and Allan Stevens make sure that any appropriate cross-pollination, if you will, is taken advantage of.
        Nano
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        Moptops were grown out, love songs discarded, cross-pollination and collision created novelties on an almost weekly basis.
        The Guardian
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