outcrossing
outcrossing is the present participle and gerund of outcross.
Meaning of outcross
Verb
outcross (third-person singular simple present outcrosses, present participle outcrossing, simple past and past participle outcrossed)
- to crossbreed different strains of a plant or animal.
Noun
outcrossing (plural outcrossings)
- An organism produced by outcrossing
Forms of outcrossing
| plural | outcrossings |
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Questions about outcrossing
- What does outcrossing mean?
- Outcrossing means an organism produced by outcrossing.
- What is outcrossing the present participle and gerund of?
- Outcrossing is the present participle and gerund of outcross.
- What part of speech is outcrossing?
- Outcrossing is a noun.
- What is the plural of outcrossing?
- The plural of outcrossing is outcrossings.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: outcrossing (page history and authors); outcross (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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