cross-pollinating

Describing the process of transferring pollen from one plant to another, often used metaphorically to indicate the exchange of ideas or influences between different fields or groups.

• 🇫🇷Adjectif décrivant le processus de transfert de pollen d'une plante à une autre, souvent utilisé métaphoriquement pour désigner un échange d'idées ou d'influences entre différents domaines ou groupes.

1. Relating to cross-pollination B2 formal scientific

   Of or relating to the process of transferring pollen from one plant to another, often resulting in hybridization.

   • Cross-pollinating plants can produce more resilient offspring.
   • The cross-pollinating nature of bees is vital for many crops.
   • Cross-pollinating flowers often yield more diverse genetic traits.

   🇫🇷relatif à la pollinisation croisée

   Synonymes: allogamous

• more cross-pollinating comparative form
• most cross-pollinating superlative form

A verb used to indicate the transfer of pollen from one plant to another, or metaphorically, the exchange of ideas or information between different fields or groups.

• 🇫🇷Verbe utilisé pour désigner le transfert de pollen d'une plante à une autre, ou, au sens figuré, l'échange d'idées ou d'informations entre différents domaines ou groupes.

1. Fertilize by transferring pollen B2 formal scientific

   To transfer pollen from the flower of one plant to the flower of another plant, resulting in fertilization and seed production.

   • Bees cross-pollinate many types of fruit trees.
   • Gardeners often cross-pollinate different varieties to create new hybrids.
   • The wind can also cross-pollinate certain grasses and crops.

   🇫🇷Polliniser croisée

   Synonymes: cross-fertilize

• cross-pollinated past participle
• cross-pollinated past simple
• cross-pollinating present participle
• cross-pollinates third person singular