intercross
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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 Charles Darwin
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
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 Charles Darwin
Phaseolus vulgaris is perfectly self-sterile; nevertheless, varieties growing in the same garden sometimes intercross largely.
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
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