intergenericadj.
Formed or obtained from (individuals of) different genera.
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bigenerous1610
hybridan1623
mongrel1633
hybridous1691
mule1728
hybrid1775
cross-bred1856
hybridizablea1864
paragenesic1864
hybridized1872
cross1886
monohybrid1903
outbred1903
intergeneric1921
polyhybrid1922
reticulate1938
trihybrid1941
inter-strain1950
1921 Genetics 6 380 Intergeneric crosses between genera only distantly related.
1926 Jrnl. Agric. Res. 33 101 (heading) Intergeneric hybrids in Aegilops, Triticum, and Secale.
1946 Nature 10 Aug. 204/2 The successful production of hybrid plants from interspecific, intergeneric and even interfamily crosses.
1973 W. J. Bean Trees & Shrubs Hardy in Brit. Isles (ed. 8) II. 103 It is difficult to agree..that these plants [sc. varieties of Erica cinerea] are intergeneric hybrids between the bell-heather and Calluna vulgaris.
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