Overview of noun crossbreeding

The noun crossbreeding has 2 senses

• hybridization, hybridisation, crossbreeding, crossing, cross, interbreeding, hybridizing -- ((genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids)


• miscegenation, crossbreeding, interbreeding -- (reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons))

Overview of verb crossbreed

The verb crossbreed has 1 sense

• crossbreed, cross, hybridize, hybridise, interbreed -- (breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties; "cross a horse and a donkey"; "Mendel tried crossbreeding"; "these species do not interbreed")