cross-fertilize

What does cross-fertilize mean?

cross-fertilize means "undergo cross-fertilization; become fertile". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in cross-fertilize?

cross-fertilize has 4 syllables and divides as cross--fer-ti-lize under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for cross-fertilize?

Close synonyms include cross-fertilise, cross-fertilise. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cross-fertilize a common word?

cross-fertilize is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for cross-fertilize come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.