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crossbacking

crossbacking is the present participle and gerund of crossback.

Meaning of crossback

Verb

crossback (third-person singular simple present crossbacks, present participle crossbacking, simple past and past participle crossbacked)

  1. To cross a hybrid species with one of the original parent species.
    • The rows which are as good as the resistant parent, we crossback to the high-yielding sort.1960, Iago Galdston, Human Nutrition: Historic and Scientific, page 156

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Questions about crossbacking

What is crossbacking the present participle and gerund of?
Crossbacking is the present participle and gerund of crossback.

Words near crossbacking in the dictionary

  1. crossasteroside
  2. crossatron
  3. crossatrons
  4. crossback
  5. crossbacked
  6. crossbacking
  7. crossbacks
  8. crossband
  9. crossbanded
  10. crossbanding
  11. crossbandings

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