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backcross

backcross verb: to cross a hybrid with one of its parents. Also the alternative form of back cross.

Verb

backcross (third-person singular simple present backcrosses, present participle backcrossing, simple past and past participle backcrossed)

  1. To cross a hybrid with one of its parents.

Noun

backcross (plural backcrosses)

  1. The act of crossing a hybrid with one of its parents.
  2. An organism produced by such a crossing.

Also used as

backcross is also the alternative form of back cross.

Forms of backcross

Verb
third-person singular presentbackcrosses
present participlebackcrossing
past participlebackcrossed
pastbackcrossed
Noun
pluralbackcrosses

Origin of backcross

From back + cross.

Questions about backcross

What does backcross mean?
Backcross means to cross a hybrid with one of its parents.
What part of speech is backcross?
Backcross can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of backcross?
The past tense of backcross is backcrossed.

Words near backcross in the dictionary

  1. backcourtmate
  2. backcourtmates
  3. backcourtmen
  4. backcourts
  5. backcrawl
  6. backcross
  7. backcrossed
  8. backcrosses
  9. backcrossing
  10. backcrossings
  11. backdam

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