Usually means: Breeding hybrid with parent stock.
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General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. backcrossing: Merriam-Webster
  2. backcrossing: Collins English Dictionary
  3. backcrossing: Wiktionary
  4. backcrossing: Dictionary.com
  5. Backcrossing: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. backcrossing: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. backcrossing: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. backcrossing: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. backcrossing: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (backcrossing)

noun:  (genetics) The crossing of a hybrid with one of its parents or an individual genetically similar to its parent.

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