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- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of cross-pollination
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Examples
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He and his family develop new varieties the old-fashioned way, by cross-pollinating his acres of leafy breeding stock and selecting for certain traits.
Floyd Zaiger: 'Pluot' Creator Continues Perfecting Fruit With Meticulous, Low-Tech Breeding Methods AP 2010
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Here's a post about cross-pollinating our creativity, and the kind of benefits that can yield.
The writing/acting connection karenmiller 2010
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This kind of cross-pollinating is what some people refer to as "think and link."
Rebecca Shambaugh: Building Strategic Relationships Rebecca Shambaugh 2011
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He and his family develop new varieties the old-fashioned way, by cross-pollinating his acres of leafy breeding stock and selecting for certain traits.
Floyd Zaiger: 'Pluot' Creator Continues Perfecting Fruit With Meticulous, Low-Tech Breeding Methods AP 2010
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Here's a post about cross-pollinating our creativity, and the kind of benefits that can yield.
The writing/acting connection karenmiller 2010
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It's her job to encourage sponsorships for the gallery and develop creative and cross-pollinating situations "with what the gallery has to offer."
Wet, Wild Summer Farewell Marshall Heyman 2011
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Next year why don't they jazz things up by cross-pollinating both formats?
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Eventually these subgenres start cross-pollinating.
Why Steampunk's Time Has Come Tom Shippey 2011
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He and his family develop new varieties the old-fashioned way, by cross-pollinating his acres of leafy breeding stock and selecting for certain traits.
Floyd Zaiger: 'Pluot' Creator Continues Perfecting Fruit With Meticulous, Low-Tech Breeding Methods AP 2010
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Wolf Parade's lupine charm emerged from the cross-pollinating world of indie Montreal in 2005 with the excellent debut Apologies to the Queen Mary.
Wolf Parade: Expo 86 2010
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