Search Result for "crossbreed": 
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. (genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species;
- Example: "a mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey"
[syn: hybrid, crossbreed, cross]


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:

Crossbreed \Cross"breed`\ (-br[=e]d`), n.
   1. A breed or an animal produced from parents of different
      breeds; a new variety, as of plants, combining the
      qualities of two parent varieties or stocks.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Anything partaking of the natures of two different things;
      a hybrid.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

crossbreed
    n 1: (genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically
         dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced
         by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or
         breeds or species; "a mule is a cross between a horse and a
         donkey" [syn: hybrid, crossbreed, cross]
    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]