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Noun crossbreeding has 2 senses
- hybridization, hybridisation, crossbreeding, crossing, cross, interbreeding, hybridizing - (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
--1 is a kind of coupling, mating, pairing, conjugation, union, sexual union
--1 has particulars:
- miscegenation, crossbreeding, interbreeding - reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons)
--2 is a kind of reproduction, procreation, breeding, facts of life
Verb crossbreed has 1 sense
- crossbreed, cross, hybridize, hybridise, interbreed - breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties; "cross a horse and a donkey"; "Mendel tried crossbreeding"; "these species do not interbreed"
--1 is one way to breed
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