noun
1. (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
• Syn: ↑hybridization, ↑hybridisation, ↑crossing, ↑cross, ↑interbreeding, ↑hybridizing
• Derivationally related forms: ↑hybridize (for: ↑hybridizing), ↑interbreed (for: ↑interbreeding), ↑cross (for: ↑cross), ↑cross (for: ↑crossing), ↑hybridise (for: ↑hybridisation), ↑hybridize (for: ↑hybridization)
• Topics: ↑genetics, ↑genetic science
• Hypernyms: ↑coupling, ↑mating, ↑pairing, ↑conjugation, ↑union, ↑sexual union
• Hyponyms: ↑dihybrid cross, ↑monohybrid cross, ↑reciprocal cross, ↑reciprocal, ↑testcross, ↑test-cross
2. reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons)
• Syn: ↑miscegenation, ↑interbreeding
• Derivationally related forms: ↑interbreed (for: ↑interbreeding), ↑miscegenate (for: ↑miscegenation)
• Hypernyms: ↑reproduction, ↑procreation, ↑breeding, ↑facts of life
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crossˈbreeding noun
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Main Entry: ↑cross
Useful english dictionary. 2012.