What is the meaning of cross-fertilization?

noun

  • Fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from different individual of the same species.
  • Interchange between different cultures or different ways of thinking that is mutually productive and beneficial.
    • usage: "the cross-fertilization of science and the creative arts"
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