Intercross Definition

intərkrôs, intərkrôs; for n. intərkrôs
verb

Hybridize.

Webster's New World

To cross back over one another.

Wiktionary

(biology, genetics) To breed two strains having a common ancestry with one another.

Wiktionary
noun

Hybrid.

Webster's New World
(biology, genetics) The act or product of intercrossing.
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Other Word Forms of Intercross

Noun

Singular:
intercross
Plural:
intercrosses

Origin of Intercross

  • inter- +‎ cross

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Intercross Sentence Examples

  • As these varieties intercross with each 1 See drawings made to scale by Mr Worthington Smith in the Gardener's Chronicle (25th December 1886).

  • De Vilmorin's experiments have shown that all the varieties will intercross, and that even such a distinct form as the Polish is no exception.

  • There are about twenty species, but the number cannot be very accurately defined - several, usually regarded as distinct, being probably merely variable forms of the same type, and the ease with which the trees intercross has led to the appearance of many hybrids.

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