0 the mixing of the ideas, customs, etc. of different places or groups of people, to produce a better result
And flowers, by their nectar, color, and odor, compete for the visits of insects, which insure cross-fertilization.
In the greenhouse a hive of bees is kept so that cross-fertilization may go on.
Pansies are the easiest of plants to grow from seed, and they offer a ready response to experiments with cross-fertilization.
The colors of flowers seem to exist mainly for the attraction of insects to insure cross-fertilization, and certain insects seem to prefer certain colors.
Therefore, if nuts for seed are desired, keep each grove of pure strain separate that there may be no deterioration owing to cross-fertilization.
History will be examined as an ongoing cross-fertilization of ideas, rather than as a fixed linear chronology.
There is, therefore, a certain risk of cross-fertilization between them.
The project has also worked to increase communication and the cross-fertilization of ideas between jazz and other music within the conservatoire.
