v. Bot. [CROSS- 6.] trans. To fertilize by pollen from another flower or plant.
1876. Darwin, Cross-Fertil., 1. The flowers of most kinds of plants are constructed so as to be … cross-fertilised by pollen from another flower.
fig. 1889. J. Jacobs, Æsop, p. xvii. European literature was being crossfertilized by new germs from the East.
Hence Cross-fertilizable a.; Cross-fertilization.
1882. Gray, in Eclectic Mag., XXXV. 735. Blossoms cross-fertilizable by insects.
1876. Darwin, Cross-Fertil., 1. Cross-fertilization is sometimes ensured by the sexes being separated.
1879. Lubbock, Sci. Lect., ii. 35. To secure cross-fertilisation … winged insects are almost necessary, because they fly readily from one plant to another.
