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introgressed

introgressed is the simple past and past participle of introgress.

Meaning of introgress

Verb

introgress (third-person singular simple present introgresses, present participle introgressing, simple past and past participle introgressed)

  1. To infiltrate the genes of one species into the gene pool of another through repeated backcrossing of an interspecific hybrid.

Adjective

introgressed (comparative more introgressed, superlative most introgressed)

  1. Subject to introgression

Forms of introgressed

comparativemore introgressed
superlativemost introgressed

Questions about introgressed

What does introgressed mean?
Introgressed means subject to introgression.
What is introgressed the simple past and past participle of?
Introgressed is the simple past and past participle of introgress.
What part of speech is introgressed?
Introgressed is an adjective.

Words near introgressed in the dictionary

  1. introflexions
  2. introflexive
  3. introgress
  4. introgressant
  5. introgressants
  6. introgressed
  7. introgresses
  8. introgressing
  9. introgression
  10. introgressional
  11. introgressions

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Adapted from Wiktionary: introgressed (page history and authors); introgress (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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