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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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"Hybridize" Quotes from Famous Books



... are in Kentucky, I am told, hickory nuts that you can take in your fingers and crush. Here we have the pecan, this great big shellbark from Indiana, the shagbark from the North, and the thin shell nuts from Kentucky. Now hybridize these and I think, if you work at it long enough, you will get a tree that will have ...
— Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Third Annual Meeting • Northern Nut Growers Association


Words linked to "Hybridize" :   interbreed, crossbreed, hybridizing, backcross, breed, hybridise, cross, hybridization, hybrid


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