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

Synonyms: cross crossbreeding crossing hybridisation hybridization hybridizing interbreeding

Hyponyms: dihybrid cross monohybrid cross reciprocal reciprocal cross test-cross testcross

Hypernyms: conjugation coupling mating pairing sexual union union

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

Synonyms: crossbreeding interbreeding miscegenation

Hypernyms: breeding facts of life procreation reproduction