Thesaurus / cross-breeding
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synonyms for cross-breeding
- 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.
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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 SCHENKBeaton 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 DARWINShe recalled something Colonel Belmont had once said about "cross-breeding being death on beauty in nine cases out of ten."
THE CALIFORNIANSGERTRUDE FRANKLIN HORN ATHERTONIf continued, these attempts at cross-breeding may do much to improve our Western range cattle.
AMERICAN BIG-GAME HUNTINGVARIOUSCross-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 BLOTTo 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 BLOTMiller was an advocate of close breeding rather than cross-breeding as a means of improving fruit.
THE GRAPES OF NEW YORKU. P. HEDRICKIt may be compared to cross-breeding in animals, though the process does not exactly correspond.
THE ROMANCE OF PLANT LIFEG. F. SCOTT ELLIOTThere 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 ASSOCIATIONReaders will find the details of cross-breeding and seed-raising set out in the following pages at considerable length.
ORCHIDSJAMES O'BRIEN