Noun

• S: (n) cross-fertilization, cross-fertilisation (fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from different individual of the same species)
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) fertilization, fertilisation, fecundation, impregnation (creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant)
• S: (n) creation, conception (the event that occurred at the beginning of something) "from its creation the plan was doomed to failure"
• S: (n) beginning (the event consisting of the start of something) "the beginning of the war"
• S: (n) happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event (an event that happens)
• S: (n) event (something that happens at a given place and time)
• S: (n) psychological feature (a feature of the mental life of a living organism)
• S: (n) abstraction, abstract entity (a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples)
• S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
• antonym
• derivationally related form
• S: (n) cross-fertilization, cross-fertilisation (interchange between different cultures or different ways of thinking that is mutually productive and beneficial) "the cross-fertilization of science and the creative arts"