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cross-fertilization
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cross-fertilization,
1 the union of gametes from different species or varieties to form hybrids.
2 the fertilization of the flower of one plant by the pollen of a different plant. Also called allogamy.


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In disciplines like philosophy, which ideally might create connections where specialties can cross-fertilize, experts often talk only to fellow experts about trivial points of analysis that remind one of nothing so much as medieval Scholasticism's reduction to questions like, how many angels can dance on the head of a pin?
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They cannot, of course, be clearly separated; imagery and materials inevitably cross-fertilize.
 
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