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quadriracial

quadriracial adjective: of or relating to four races.

Adjective

quadriracial (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to four races.
    • Frequently plant breeders cross hybrids with a species different from either of the parents, in this way obtaining trispecific hybrids. Many grape hybrids are of this nature. By crossing two hybrids having different parentage, quadrispecific or quadriracial hybrids are obtained. Wichura even...1896, Walter T. Swingle, Herbert Webber, The Principal Diseases of Citrus Fruits in Florida, Washington: Government Printing Office, page 399
    • Marjorie G. Lemlow: […] Because of housing patterns San Francisco did have some schools predominantly of one of this quadriracial components—Chinese speaking, Chinese, black, and other white.1972, School Busing: Hearings Before Subcommitte No. 5 of the Committee on the Judiciary. House of Representatives. Ninety-Second Congress. Second Session on proposed amendments to the constitution...

Origin of quadriracial

From quadri- + racial.

Questions about quadriracial

What does quadriracial mean?
Quadriracial means of or relating to four races.
What part of speech is quadriracial?
Quadriracial is an adjective.

Words near quadriracial in the dictionary

  1. quadriptych
  2. quadriptychs
  3. quadripulse
  4. quadriquadric
  5. quadriquadrics
  6. quadriracial
  7. quadriradial
  8. quadriradials
  9. quadriradiate
  10. quadriradiates
  11. quadriradical

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