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.

 

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