Search Result:crossbreeding
Overview of noun crossbreeding
The 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)
- miscegenation, crossbreeding, interbreeding -- (reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons))
Overview of verb crossbreed
The 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")