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Answer for the clue "Breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties ", 11 letters:
hybridizing

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The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids [syn: hybridization , hybridisation , crossbreeding , crossing , cross , interbreeding ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of hybridize English)

Usage examples of hybridizing.

They were reports on rose hybridizing dating back over the last ten years.

Humans died by the droves, taking the elves with them as their practice of bolstering their numbers by hybridizing with humanity backfired.

It was believed their practice of hybridizing with humans to bolster their numbers backfired, making them susceptible to the Angel virus.

Yes, we have now domesticated pecans as a nut tree and blueberries as a fruit, and we have improved some Eurasian fruit crops (apples, plums, grapes, raspberries, blackberries, strawberries) by hybridizing them with North American wild relatives.