Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Intercross"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Intercross \In`ter*cross"\ (?; 115), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.
{Intercrossed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Intercrossing}.]
1. To cross each other, as lines.
2. (Biol.) To fertilize by the impregnation of one species or
variety by another; to impregnate by a different species
or variety.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Intercross \In"ter*cross`\, n.
The process or result of cross fertilization between
different kinds of animals, or different varieties of plants.
We have reason to believe that occasional intercrosses
take place with all animals and plants. --Darwin.
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