interspecific
interspecific
Definition
inter·spe·cific (in′tər spə sif′ik)
adjective
between species
interspecific
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- hybridisation: Interspecific hybridisation, or breeding between different species has been used where they each possess desirable attributes.
- hybrid: Apart from the moral objections, such interspecific hybrids are well known to result in gross abnormalities.
- competition: Rather scarce, possibly because of interspecific competition at the juvenile stage.
- variation: More than 10 species with a range of interspecific variations of the genus have been discovered and studied.
- interaction: One thus obtains a physiological basis for interspecific interactions.
- difference: The greatest interspecific differences in height growth occurred at the medium crown exposure classes.
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