English Explanatory Dictionary

backcross

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To cross a hybrid with one of its parents.
noun
  1. The act of crossing a hybrid with one of its parents.
  2. An organism produced by such a crossing.
  3. Alternative form of back cross.

Word forms

backcross backcrosses backcrossing backcrossed

Etymology

From back + cross.

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