Miscegenation - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Miscegenation :  (noun)

1: reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons) [syn: crossbreeding, interbreeding]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Miscegenation : \Mis`ce*ge*na"tion\, n. [L. miscere to mix _ the root of genus race.] A mixing of races; amalgamation, as by intermarriage of black and white.

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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