Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
INTERBREED
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
interbreed (third-person singular simple present interbreeds, present participle interbreeding, simple past and past participle interbred)
To breed or reproduce within an isolated community.
To breed or reproduce within a heterogenous community, the products of which produce hybrids.
Source: Wiktionary
In`ter*breed", v. t. & i.
Definition: To breed by crossing different stocks of animals or plants.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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RIGHT
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