backcross

(băk'krôs', -krŏs')
tr.v., -crossed, -cross·ing, -cross·es.
To cross (a hybrid) with one of its parents or with an individual genetically identical to one of its parents.

n.

1. The act of making such a cross.
2. An individual resulting from such a cross.

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(băk'krôs')
v., -crossed, -cross·ing, -cross·es.

To cross a hybrid with one of its parents, or with an individual genetically identical to one of its parents.

n.

1. The act of making such a cross.
2. An individual resulting from such a cross.

A plant derived from a cross between a hybrid and one of its parents.

1. any cross of a first-generation hybrid, F₁, with one parent or an individual genetically identical to one of the two parents.
2. the offspring of such a mating.

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Mating the crossbred offspring of a two-way cross back to one of the parent breeds.