reciprocal cross

1. 1.

   hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the sexes associated with each genotype

   Synonymsreciprocal

   Broaderhybridization

Questions about reciprocal cross

What does reciprocal cross mean?

reciprocal cross means "hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the sexes associated with each genotype".

What is another word for reciprocal cross?

Close synonyms include reciprocal. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is reciprocal cross a common word?

reciprocal cross is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.