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stimulating influence among diverse elements
the cross-pollination of the arts - fertilization by transfer of pollen from the anthers of one flower to the stigma of another
How To Use cross-pollination In A Sentence
- Last year Jeff grew some 150 pepper varieties side by side this way and had no problems with cross-pollination.
- The deposition of pollinaria on the scutellum of bees clearly enhances the chances of cross-pollination, since it is very difficult for these insects to groom and remove the pollinaria from this region.
- Yet we find in the nineteenth century a muddled picture, a sort of cross-pollination of positions.
- The rapid opening of the bunchberry is thought to enhance cross-pollination in two ways.
- Many fruit trees require cross-pollination, making them unsuitable for small landscapes.
- This plant relies on cross-pollination for reproduction.
- There was a week's exhibition at the Pompidou: Anglo-French cross-pollination at the time of the Restoration. DISPLACED PERSON
- Cross-pollination isn't ensured when an ant picks up pollen off a pancake plant: The ant may then crawl to the ground or another species.
- Cross-pollination with a wild Chinese sorghum seems the most likely reason why the sorghum now found in China (the kaoliang group) has its own distinctive character. 7. Sorghum
- All of this cross-pollination feeds into their pianism. Times, Sunday Times
