TOPCROSS

Meaning of TOPCROSS in English

Pronunciation: - ˌ kro ̇ s

Function: noun

Date: 1890

: a cross between a superior or purebred male and inferior female stock to improve the average quality of the progeny also : the product of such a cross

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

TOPCROSS — noun Date: 1890 a cross between a superior or purebred male and inferior female stock to improve the average quality …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TOPCROSS — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: top (I) + cross 1. : a cross in which usually male superior or purebred individuals are …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TOPCROSS — noun Date: 1890 : a cross between a superior or purebred male and inferior female stock to improve the average …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TOPCROSS — [top.cross] n (1890): a cross between a superior or purebred male and inferior female stock to improve the average quality …
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SINGLE CROSS — noun : the heterotic first generation hybrid between two selected and usually inbred lines many commercial hybrid seeds are single …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BACKCROSS — the mating of a hybrid organism (offspring of genetically unlike parents) with one of its parents or with an organism …
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