intercross
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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
Pisum sativum, varieties of, rarely intercross, but a cross between them highly beneficial.
From Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom by Darwin, Charles
Much other indirect evidence could be given with respect to the extent to which varieties of the same species spontaneously intercross.
From Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom by Darwin, Charles
Mr. Walsh ranks the forms which it may be supposed would freely intercross, as varieties; and those which appear to have lost this power, as species.
From The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, 6th Edition by Darwin, Charles
If two distinct breeds were mingled together in equal numbers, there is reason to suspect that they would to a certain extent prefer pairing with their own kind; but they would often intercross.
From The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 2 by Darwin, Charles
