cross-fertilization
Pollen between plants
Cross-fertilization is the fertilization of one plant or animal by another, as opposed to self-fertilization.
The term extends to any productive exchange between different groups, disciplines, or sources of ideas: The cross-fertilization between jazz and classical music produced interesting hybrid forms.
When people from different fields share methods or concepts, the resulting cross-fertilization often sparks innovation that neither group would have achieved alone.
Flower reproductive transfer
- hybridizationMixing distinct genetic lines
- breedingReproductive cultivation of organisms
- outcrossingBreeding unrelated same-species individuals
- graftingJoining tissues to grow together
genetics · reproduction · germination · hybrid · backcross · inheritance · recombination · interspecies
Coexistence of diverse traditions
- diversityState of varied elements
- pluralismCoexistence of differing views
- cosmopolitanismBelief in shared humanity
- melting-potFusion of diverse cultures
mosaic · integration · intermingling · fusion · blending · hybridity · eclecticism · globalization
Mental creations or plans
- knowledgeUnderstood facts and skills
- interchangeReciprocal transfer between parties
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- synergyCombined effect exceeding components
collaboration · interdisciplinary · exchange · sharing · brainstorming · creativity · innovation · convergence
Joint intellectual work
- networkingBuilding professional relationships
- departmentsSubdivisions of an organization
- teamsOrganized cooperative groups
- silosFarm storage towers
spillover · diffusion · dissemination · interdepartmental · partnership · cooperation · communication · sectors
pollination
Flower reproductive transfer
- hybridizationMixing distinct genetic lines
- breedingReproductive cultivation of organisms
- outcrossingBreeding unrelated same-species individuals
grafting · genetics · reproduction · germination · hybrid · backcross · inheritance · recombination · interspecies · cultivar
multiculturalism
Coexistence of diverse traditions
- diversityState of varied elements
- pluralismCoexistence of differing views
- cosmopolitanismBelief in shared humanity
melting-pot · mosaic · integration · intermingling · fusion · blending · hybridity · eclecticism · globalization · diaspora
ideas
Mental creations or plans
- knowledgeUnderstood facts and skills
- interchangeReciprocal transfer between parties
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
synergy · collaboration · interdisciplinary · exchange · sharing · brainstorming · creativity · innovation · convergence · synthesis
collaboration
Joint intellectual work
- networkingBuilding professional relationships
- departmentsSubdivisions of an organization
- teamsOrganized cooperative groups
silos · spillover · diffusion · dissemination · interdepartmental · partnership · cooperation · communication · sectors · industries
- reproductionreproduction, birth, baby, egg, sperm
- hybridizationhybridization, interbreeding, hybrid vigor, heterosis, F1 hybrid
- snail reproductionhermaphroditism, mating, copulation, egg laying, oviposition
- plant reproductionpollination, self-pollination, flowering, blooming, germination
- marine larvaelarva, larval stage
- Tapewormstapeworms, scolex, hooks, sucker, holdfast
cross-fertilizationself-fertilization
Reproducing using own gametes
self-pollination · self-pollinating · inbreeding · asexual reproduction · cloning
cross-fertilizationinsularity
Narrow detachment from broader views
parochialism · echo chamber · groupthink · tunnel vision · monoculture
cross, crossing, fertile, fertilize, fertility, fertilizer, crossroad, crossbreed, infertility