intercross
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We have also seen that as plants became more highly developed and affixed to the ground, they would be compelled to be anemophilous in order to intercross.
From Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom by Charles Darwin
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
Where the filaments intercross closely, are felted, and inclined to form a membrane, it is hymenoid mycelium.
From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Thomas Taylor
Both species are grown in pure form in Korea, and they intercross readily, and we do not regard it as a new species.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953 by Northern Nut Growers Association
Their expeditions intercross each other; we find them everywhere at once; Franks are seen at London, and Saxons at Angers.
From A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance by Jean Jules Jusserand
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