crossbreeding

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crossbreeding - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  crossbreeding
      n 1: (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties
           of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids [syn:
           hybridization, hybridisation, crossbreeding,
           crossing, cross, interbreeding, hybridizing]
      2: reproduction by parents of different races (especially by
         white and non-white persons) [syn: miscegenation,
         crossbreeding, interbreeding]