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See definition of cross-breeding on Dictionary.com
  • as inmate
  • as inpollinate
  • as incross

synonyms for cross-breeding

  • cohabit
  • copulate
  • couple
  • crossbreed
  • generate
  • join
  • land
  • match
  • merge
  • pair
  • procreate
  • serve
  • tie
  • wed
  • yoke
  • tie the knot
  • crossbreed
  • hybridize
  • interbreed
  • mix
  • blend
  • cross-fertilize
  • cross-pollinate
  • mingle
  • mongrelize
  • cross-mate
  • intercross
On this page you'll find 44 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to cross-breeding, such as: cohabit, copulate, couple, crossbreed, generate, and join.

antonyms for cross-breeding

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  • disconnect
  • disjoin
  • divide
  • fail
  • lose
  • refrain
  • separate
  • abstain
  • uncouple
    • divide
    • part
    • separate
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    How to use cross-breeding in a sentence

    The cause of that lies very likely in the nutrition of the young fry, and perhaps, also, partly in cross-breeding.
    SCHENK'S THEORY: THE DETERMINATION OF SEXSAMUEL LEOPOLD SCHENK
    Beaton was a regular contributor to the "Cottage Gardener," and wrote various articles on cross breeding, etc., in 1861.
    MORE LETTERS OF CHARLES DARWIN VOLUME IICHARLES DARWIN
    She recalled something Colonel Belmont had once said about "cross-breeding being death on beauty in nine cases out of ten."
    THE CALIFORNIANSGERTRUDE FRANKLIN HORN ATHERTON
    If continued, these attempts at cross-breeding may do much to improve our Western range cattle.
    AMERICAN BIG-GAME HUNTINGVARIOUS
    Cross-breeding in plants consists in fertilizing one variety with the pollen of another variety of the same species.
    THE $100 PRIZE ESSAY ON THE CULTIVATION OF THE POTATO; AND HOW TO COOK THE POTATOD. H. COMPTON AND PIERRE BLOT
    To judicious cross-breeding and hybridizing we owe most of our superior fruits and vegetables.
    THE $100 PRIZE ESSAY ON THE CULTIVATION OF THE POTATO; AND HOW TO COOK THE POTATOD. H. COMPTON AND PIERRE BLOT
    Miller was an advocate of close breeding rather than cross-breeding as a means of improving fruit.
    THE GRAPES OF NEW YORKU. P. HEDRICK
    It may be compared to cross-breeding in animals, though the process does not exactly correspond.
    THE ROMANCE OF PLANT LIFEG. F. SCOTT ELLIOT
    There appears to be much promise for nut improvement by cross-breeding to regroup desired qualities.
    NORTHERN NUT GROWERS ASSOCIATION REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS AT THE THIRTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL MEETINGNORTHERN NUT GROWERS ASSOCIATION
    Readers will find the details of cross-breeding and seed-raising set out in the following pages at considerable length.
    ORCHIDSJAMES O'BRIEN
    SYNONYM OF THE DAY
    OCTOBER 26, 1985
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