intercross

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From Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Sapir, Edward

The case of a great tree covered with innumerable hermaphrodite flowers seems at first sight strongly opposed to the belief in the frequency of intercrosses between distinct individuals.

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

On the generality of intercrosses between individuals of the same species.

From On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection, or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life by Darwin, Charles

It will obviously thus act far more efficiently with those animals which unite for each birth; but, as already stated, we have reason to believe that occasional intercrosses take place with all animals and plants.

From The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, 6th Edition by Darwin, Charles

It intercrosses wool and goat’s hair so as to form two courses which are afterwards united to each other below, and  constitute the first sketch of the nest, at this moment like a flat-bottomed basket.

From The Industries of Animals by Houssay, Frédéric