CROSSBREEDING

miscegenation, crossbreeding, interbreeding

(noun) reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons)

hybridization, hybridisation, crossbreeding, crossing, cross, interbreeding, hybridizing

(noun) (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

crossbreeding

present participle of crossbreed

Noun

crossbreeding (countable and uncountable, plural crossbreedings)

The process, or the result of crossbreeding

Source: Wiktionary


CROSSBREED

Cross"breed` (-brd`), n.

1. A breed or an animal produced from parents of different breeds; a new variety, as of plants, combining the qualites of two parent varieties or stocks.

2. Anything partaking of the natures of two different things; a hybrid.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

2 April 2025

COVERT

(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”


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Coffee Trivia

Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.

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