noun
- Genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids.
- synonyms: hybridization, hybridisation, crossbreeding, crossing, cross, hybridizing
- Reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons.
- synonyms: miscegenation, crossbreeding
verb
- Breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties.
- usage: "cross a horse and a donkey"; "Mendel tried crossbreeding"; "these species do not interbreed"
- synonyms: crossbreed, cross, hybridize, hybridise, interbreed
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