HYBRIDIZE

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


Etymology

Verb

hybridize (third-person singular simple present hybridizes, present participle hybridizing, simple past and past participle hybridized)

To form a mixture of any kind.

(transitive) To cross-breed animals or plants to form hybrids.

(intransitive) To produce hybrid offspring; to interbreed.

(transitive) To construct a hybrid word from elements of different languages.

(physics) To combine atomic orbitals mathematically to form hybrid orbitals.

(biochemistry) To combine complementary subunits of multiple biological macromolecules.

Source: Wiktionary


Hy"brid*i`ze, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hybridized; p. pr. & vb. n. Hybridizing.]

Definition: To render hybrid; to produce by mixture of stocks.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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