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Hybridizing

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.

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hybridizing

vb. (present participle of hybridize English)

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hybridizing

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]

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.