Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Cross-fertilize \Cross"-fer"ti*lize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Cross-fertilized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cross-fertilizing}.]
(Bot.)
To fertilize, as the stigmas of a flower or plant, with the
pollen from another individual of the same species.
Source : WordNet®
cross-fertilize
v 1: undergo cross-fertilization; become fertile [syn: {cross-fertilise}]
2: cause to undergo cross-fertilization; "Mendel
cross-fertilized different kinds of beans" [syn: {cross-fertilise}]