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Interbreed

verb
(past & past part. interbred; pres. part. interbreeding)
1.
Breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties.  Synonyms: cross, crossbreed, hybridise, hybridize.  "Mendel tried crossbreeding" , "These species do not interbreed"



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"Interbreed" Quotes from Famous Books



... barriers. The variations which occur in organisms are so great that they would sometimes run into abnormal structures were it not for the fact that sexual reproduction constantly tends to reduce them. In an open country where animals and plants interbreed freely, it will commonly happen that individuals with certain peculiarities will mate with others without such peculiarities, and the offspring will therefore inherit the peculiarity not in increased ...
— The Story of the Living Machine • H. W. Conn


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