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Noun: hybridisation  ,hI-bru-dI'zey-shun
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: hybridization)
  1. (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
    - hybridization, crossbreeding, crossing, cross, interbreeding, hybridizing, hybridising [Brit]

Derived forms: hybridisations

Type of: conjugation, coupling, mating, pairing, sexual union, union

Encyclopedia: Hybridisation