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異花授粉

简异花授粉 · 繁異花授粉

Mandarin · pinyin yì huā shòu fěn

(botany) cross-pollination

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異: Look up this written character
花: huā · flower; blossoms
授: shòu · give to, transmit; confer
粉: fěn · powder, face powder; plaster
异: yì · different, unusual, strange

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4–1–4–3 · yi4 hua1 shou4 fen3

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