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Hybridizing

noun
1.
(genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids.  Synonyms: cross, crossbreeding, crossing, hybridisation, hybridization, interbreeding.


Hybridize

verb
(past & past part. hybridized; pres. part. hybridizing)
1.
Breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties.  Synonyms: cross, crossbreed, hybridise, interbreed.  "Mendel tried crossbreeding" , "These species do not interbreed"





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... "By hybridizing and other methods, we are striving to increase the hardiness of the former and the crystallizing-sugar product of the latter. By the results already obtained we are encouraged to believe, that five years hence, we shall have produced a sugar-cane equal to the ...
— Solaris Farm - A Story of the Twentieth Century • Milan C. Edson


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