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Verb: hybridize  'hI-bri`dIz
  1. Breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties
    "Mendel tried hybridizing"
    - crossbreed, cross, hybridise [Brit], interbreed

Derived forms: hybridized, hybridizes, hybridizing

See also: hybrid, hybridization

Type of: breed

Encyclopedia: Hybridize