intercross

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From the inward curvature of the lobes as they approach each other, the tips of the marginal spikes first intercross, and ultimately their bases.

From Insectivorous Plants by Darwin, Charles

But these facts do not make me doubt that it is a general law of nature that the individuals of the same species occasionally intercross, and that some great advantage is derived from this act.

From The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) by Darwin, Charles

It has been said in the case of this plant, as of so many others, that the flowers are fertilised in the bud, and that distinct plants or varieties can never naturally intercross.

From Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom by Darwin, Charles

For the sides approach in an arching way, surrounding a considerable cavity, and the marginal spine-like bristles merely intercross their tips, leaving intervening spaces through which one may look into the cavity beneath.

From Darwiniana; Essays and Reviews Pertaining to Darwinism by Gray, Asa

Whatever the cause may be, we may conclude, that in England the varieties never or very rarely intercross.

From Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom by Darwin, Charles