noun🔗ShareA throw where the object is caught and then thrown from behind the back."The basketball player practiced backcrosses in the gym, hoping to surprise the defense during the game. "sportactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe act of crossing a hybrid with one of its parents."To improve the corn harvest, the farmer performed several backcrosses, mating the high-yield hybrid plants with the original parent variety that was resistant to disease. "biologyagricultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAn organism produced by such a crossing."Because the farmer wanted more plants with the disease resistance of the wild strain, he tested whether the new plants were backcrosses by breeding them with the original wild strain. "organismbiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo cross a hybrid with one of its parents."The farmer backcrossed the hybrid corn with the original yellow variety to improve its drought tolerance. "biologyorganismagricultureplantChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
