intercross
Example Sentences
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Cultivated plants like those in a state of nature frequently intercross, and will thus mingle their constitutional peculiarities.
From Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom by Charles Darwin
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 Charles Darwin
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 Asa Gray
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 Charles Lamb
Mr. Cheeseman also remarks, that as certain Orchids in New Zealand which require insect-aid for their fertilisation bear only a single flower, distinct plants cannot fail to intercross.
From Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom by Charles Darwin
