verb
1. undergo cross-fertilization; become fertile
• Syn: ↑cross-fertilize
• Derivationally related forms: ↑cross-fertilisation, ↑cross-fertilization (for: ↑cross-fertilize)
• Hypernyms: ↑change state, ↑turn
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s
2. cause to undergo cross-fertilization
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Mendel cross-fertilized different kinds of beans
• Syn: ↑cross-fertilize
• Derivationally related forms: ↑cross-fertilisation, ↑cross-fertilization (for: ↑cross-fertilize)
• Hypernyms: ↑inseminate, ↑fecundate, ↑fertilize, ↑fertilise
• Cause: ↑cross-fertilize
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
Useful english dictionary. 2012.