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View definitions for cross breeding

cross breeding

verb as in mate

verb as in pollinate

verb as in cross

verb as in mate

verb as in pollinate

verb as in cross

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Example Sentences

The cause of that lies very likely in the nutrition of the young fry, and perhaps, also, partly in cross-breeding.

Beaton was a regular contributor to the "Cottage Gardener," and wrote various articles on cross breeding, etc., in 1861.

She recalled something Colonel Belmont had once said about "cross-breeding being death on beauty in nine cases out of ten."

If continued, these attempts at cross-breeding may do much to improve our Western range cattle.

Cross-breeding in plants consists in fertilizing one variety with the pollen of another variety of the same species.

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On this page you'll find 44 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to cross-breeding, such as: cohabit, copulate, couple, crossbreed, generate, and join.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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