Noun: hybridizing 'hI-bri,dI-zing
- (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
"hybridizing techniques have led to the development of many new crop varieties";
- hybridization, hybridisation [Brit], crossbreeding, crossing, cross, interbreeding, hybridising [Brit]
- Breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties
"Mendel tried hybridizing";
- crossbreed, cross, hybridise [Brit], interbreed
Type of: breed, conjugation, coupling, mating, pairing, sexual union, union
Encyclopedia: Hybridize