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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties;
- Example: "cross a horse and a donkey"
- Example: "Mendel tried crossbreeding"
- Example: "these species do not interbreed"
[syn: crossbreed, cross, hybridize, hybridise, interbreed]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hybridize \Hy"brid*i`ze\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hybridized; p. pr. & vb. n. Hybridizing.] To render hybrid; to produce by mixture of stocks. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hybridize \Hy"brid*ize\, v. i. (Biol.) To produce hybrid offspring; to interbreed; to cross. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

hybridize v 1: 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" [syn: crossbreed, cross, hybridize, hybridise, interbreed]