intercross
Example Sentences
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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
From the inward curvature of the lobes as they approach each other, the tips of the marginal spikes first intercross, and ultimately their bases.
From Insectivorous Plants by Charles Darwin
I know nothing about the self-fertility of Trollius Lecoq 'De la Fecondation' 1862 page 93, Mahonia, and Crinum, in which genera the species intercross largely.
From Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom by Charles Darwin
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
So it must be, owing merely to the prepotency of foreign pollen, with cabbages and various other plants, the varieties of which almost invariably intercross when grown together.
From Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom by Charles Darwin
