intercross

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Where the filaments intercross closely, are felted, and inclined to form a membrane, it is hymenoid mycelium.

From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Taylor, Thomas

Their expeditions intercross each other; we find them everywhere at once; Franks are seen at London, and Saxons at Angers.

From A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance by Jusserand, Jean Jules

In other words, this is the day on which those charming little missives, ycleped Valentines, cross and intercross each other at every street and turning.

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia by Lamb, Charles

But if, in fact, all hermaphrodites do occasionally intercross, the difference between them and unisexual species is, as far as function is concerned, very small.

From The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, 6th Edition by Darwin, Charles

In the case of methodical selection, a breeder selects for some definite object, and if the individuals be allowed freely to intercross, his work will completely fail.

From The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, 6th Edition by Darwin, Charles