植物之間的授粉
核心畫面的字面版本：真的有花粉飛過去。
verb · C1
To join the male sex cells of one kind of plant with the female sex cells of another kind, so that the seed which grows carries something from both parents.
異花授粉、雜交授粉
核心畫面
Two plants standing apart in a field. leaves one of them and lands on the other, so the seed that forms is not a copy of either parent — it carries something from both. The word holds the whole of that: the crossing over, and the new thing that grows because of it.
可以想成田裡有兩株分開站著的植物。花粉從這一株飛到那一株身上。結出來的種子因此不是任何一邊的複製品，它兩邊的東西都帶…更多收起
可以想成田裡有兩株分開站著的植物。花粉從這一株飛到那一株身上。結出來的種子因此不是任何一邊的複製品，它兩邊的東西都帶著一點。這個字把整件事包在裡面：跨過去，以及跨過去之後長出來的新東西。From the word’s history
The word is built from cross- (going over from one side to another) and fertilize (to make something able to produce new life). So it literally names fertilizing that crosses over, instead of staying on one plant.
這個字是 cross-（從一邊跨到另一邊）加上 fertilize（使受精、使能結出新的生命）組成的。字面上就是「跨過去發生的受精」，而不是留在自己身上。
Wiktionary entry for cross-fertilize (kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1414995199): From cross- + fertilize.
Two branches
想法之間的授粉
同一個畫面，只是飛過去的東西從花粉換成想法。
verb · C1
To bring ideas from one field, group or subject into another one, so that each side grows from what the other knows.
互相激盪、交流啟發