[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["Biology.the fertilization of an organism by the fusion of an egg from one individual with a sperm or male gamete from a different individual.", "Botany.fertilization of the flower of one plant by a gamete from the flower of a closely related plant ( self-fertilization ).", "(not in technical use) cross-pollination.", "interaction or interchange, as between two or more cultures, fields of activity or knowledge, or the like, that is mutually beneficial and productive:a cross-fertilization of scientific and technical disciplines."]}]