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Intercrossed

Intercross \In`ter*cross"\ (?; 115), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Intercrossed; p. pr. & vb. n. Intercrossing.]

  1. To cross each other, as lines.

  2. (Biol.) To fertilize by the impregnation of one species or variety by another; to impregnate by a different species or variety.

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intercrossed

vb. (en-past of: intercross)

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intercrossed

adj. produced by crossbreeding [syn: crossed, hybrid, interbred]

Usage examples of "intercrossed".

As this takes place, the margins gradually become a little everted, so that the spikes, which at first intercrossed, at last project in two parallel rows.

With respect to the almost universal sterility of species when first crossed, which forms so remarkable a contrast with the almost universal fertility of varieties when crossed, I must refer the reader to the recapitulation of the facts given at the end of the eighth chapter, which seem to me conclusively to show that this sterility is no more a special endowment than is the incapacity of two trees to be grafted together, but that it is incidental on constitutional differences in the reproductive systems of the intercrossed species.

It cannot be maintained that species when intercrossed are invariably sterile, and varieties invariably fertile.

The top part of the frame still hung naked, an intercrossed cage of steel.

As to the mollusks, they consisted of some I had already observed—turritellas, olive porphyras, with regular lines intercrossed, with red spots standing out plainly against the flesh.

Everywhere the hellish scene was intercrossed with strobing disrupter beams, lit up with blinding flashes, dotted with black and white puffs of smoke that erupted into flames and showers of sparks.

An NFL running back departed in a deep maroon Rolls- Royce Corniche convertible worth $363,000, “made to order,” from the paint to the wood, hide, trim, even the position of the intercrossed Rs in the cockpit.

Her hands flew to her mouth, latticing it with rigid intercrossed fingers.