Word: backcrossing
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: back
cro
ssing
Definition: The crossing of a hybrid with one of its parents or an individual genetically similar to its parent.
Morphemes:
Affix: back
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The side of any object which is opposite the front or useful side.
Affix: cross
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A hybrid of any kind.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: crux
Language: la
Decoded: crux
PoS: Noun
Meaning: torture; misery
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forming derivative nouns (originally masculine), with the sense ‘son of, belonging to’, as in placenames, patronymics or diminutives; -ite.