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(botany, transitive) To fertilize by the transfer of pollen from an anther of one plant to the stigma of another..
Use cross-pollinate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Cross-pollinate means (botany, transitive) To fertilize by the transfer of pollen from an anther of one plant to the stigma of another..
Common synonyms include pollinate.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Use cross-pollinate where its definition matches the intended context.
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