The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cross-fertilizing
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.
Usage examples of "cross-fertilizing".
The lights were becoming more intricate, their patterns cross-fertilizing, gaining depth and weight.
There had been a cross-fertilizing trickle of researchers moving in both directions on a strictly one-for-one basis for years, dating back to the days of Eisenhower and Krushchev.