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backcrossed

backcrossed is the simple past and past participle of backcross.

Meaning of backcross

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.

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Questions about backcrossed

What is backcrossed the simple past and past participle of?
Backcrossed is the simple past and past participle of backcross.

Words near backcrossed in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: backcrossed (page history and authors); backcross (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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