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cross-pollinating

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cross-pol·li·nate (krôspl-nt, krs-)
tr.v. cross-pol·li·nat·ed, cross-pol·li·nat·ing, cross-pol·li·nates
1. To pollinate (a flower) by means of cross-pollination.
2. To influence or inspire (another), especially in a reciprocal manner.
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Adj.1.cross-pollinating - of or relating to or characteristic of cross-pollination


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Despite director Marc Forster's (``Monster's Ball'') deft intercutting between real-life and fantasy settings, the portrayal of the boys' imaginations cross-pollinating with Barrie's comes off uninspired.
Genetically modified seed blowing over from a neighbor's field cross-pollinating with non-GMO crops would not only produce a crop they don't want, but also make the neighbor liable for theft of patented property.
Canadians began cross-pollinating the rape plants, and by the 1970s developed a variety that contains less than two percent erucic acid.
 
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