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Hybridize   /hˈaɪbrədˌaɪz/   Listen
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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... PERU, Mirabilis Jalapa Gul abas, krushna kelee, is vulgarly called the Four o'clock from its blossoms expanding in the afternoon. There are several varieties distinguished only by difference of color, lilac, red, yellow, orange, and white, which hybridize naturally, and may easily be obliged to do so artificially, if any particular ...
— Flowers and Flower-Gardens • David Lester Richardson


Words linked to "Hybridize" :   hybridizing, hybridization, breed, backcross, hybrid


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