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Noun: hybridizing  'hI-bri,dI-zing
  1. (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]
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

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

Encyclopedia: Hybridize