Fertilization by the union of gametes of different plants (sometimes of different species). / (by extension) The mutual exchange of ideas or concepts from different fields for mutual benefit.

simple past tense and past participle of burn off

plural of Melville

(US, military, nautical) A hospital corpsman. / (deprecated, US, military) An enlisted person in the U.S. Army who works as a field medic. / (medicine, military, nonstandard) A military medic.