hybridize

Verb
Synonyms: crossbreedcrosshybridiseinterbreed

WordNet 3.0

Verb (1)

  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”Synonyms: crossbreedcrosshybridiseinterbreed
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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