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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
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Examples for "self-pollination"
Examples for "self-pollination"
1
It is true that the phenomena observed in self-pollination, e.g.
Darwin and Modern Science
2
In the majority of plants self-pollination occurs.
Darwin and Modern Science
3
The molecular mechanisms that lead to stigmas at different developmental stages having different responses to self-pollination are yet unknown.
Pubmed
4
Just as in some orchids and cleistogamic flowers self-pollination regularly occurs, so it may also occur in other cases.
Darwin and Modern Science
5
These alone become weaker by self-pollination; while pure species derive no advantage from crossing and no disadvantage from self-fertilisation.
Darwin and Modern Science
Usage of cross-pollination in English
1
It's a wonderful thing and there's a lot of cross-pollination going on.
Radio NZ
2
Could this be the start of a fruitful cross-pollination, asks Jon Ihle.
The Irish Times
3
The movie provides a snapshot of the incredible cross-pollination that's possible these days.
Wired
4
Will there be more collaboration and cross-pollination on the new album?
The Irish Times
5
But as James tells it, their genre cross-pollination came about almost by accident.
The Guardian
6
Cavanagh says there is a cross-pollination of skills between con men and advocates.
The Irish Times
7
It is possible, also, that some of the varieties need cross-pollination.
Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) / A Practical Guide to the ...
8
Lockheed Martin Boeing's rival defense contractors have their own cross-pollination programs.
Wired
9
Such cross-pollination was present at the start of the movie industry in the subcontinent.
The Guardian
10
Today the rivalry continues, but there is much more cross-pollination.
The Master Algorithm
11
This cable-to-network cross-pollination, though potentially short lived, promises to help actors' careers and their pocketbooks.
Reuters
12
But this pop-cultural cross-pollination has a long, long legacy.
Wired
13
The ease-of-contact the Net offers makes for interesting cross-pollination.
Wired
14
He was all of those things, a bizarre cross-pollination of subcultures possible only in South Florida.
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
15
Mariel and Allan Stevens make sure that any appropriate cross-pollination, if you will, is taken advantage of.
Nano
16
Moptops were grown out, love songs discarded, cross-pollination and collision created novelties on an almost weekly basis.
The Guardian
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