CROSSBRED

crossbred

(adjective) bred from parents of different varieties or species

CROSSBREED

crossbreed, cross, hybridize, hybridise, interbreed

(verb) breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties; “cross a horse and a donkey”; “Mendel tried crossbreeding”; “these species do not interbreed”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Adjective

crossbred

Produced by breeding from two breeds, varieties or species.

Synonyms

• (Produced from two breeds, varieties or species): mixed-blood

Verb

crossbred

simple past tense and past participle of crossbreed

Noun

crossbred (plural crossbreds)

Any organism produced by breeding from two breeds, varieties, or species.

Source: Wiktionary

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Cross"bred` (-brd`), a. (Stock Breeding)

Definition: Produced by mixing distinct breeds; mongrel.

CROSSBREED

Cross"breed` (-brd`), n.

1. A breed or an animal produced from parents of different breeds; a new variety, as of plants, combining the qualites of two parent varieties or stocks.

2. Anything partaking of the natures of two different things; a hybrid.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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