hybridize
verb
hy·brid·ize
ˈhī-brə-ˌdīz 
hybridized; hybridizing
: to cause to produce hybrids : interbreed
: to produce hybrids
hybridizer
noun
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There are two hybridizing subspecies with different colored bills.
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Simon Griffith, JSTOR Daily, 5 Dec. 2024
Seeds from heirloom vegetables — those that have not been hybridized or otherwise manipulated — can be saved from year to year and counted on to produce crops similar to their mother.
—Jessica Damiano, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2024
Members of the taxonomic genus Cucurbita, the half dozen or so original species have been hybridized and selected over the last 10,000 or so years to yield an impressive diversity of varieties.
—Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 18 Oct. 2024
Cultivators are using genetic sequencing and are hybridizing cultivars from ever more distant lineages to hunt for improvements, plus sheer aesthetic novelty.
—Mattha Busby, WIRED, 10 Oct. 2024
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Simon Griffith, JSTOR Daily, 5 Dec. 2024
Seeds from heirloom vegetables — those that have not been hybridized or otherwise manipulated — can be saved from year to year and counted on to produce crops similar to their mother.
—Jessica Damiano, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2024
Members of the taxonomic genus Cucurbita, the half dozen or so original species have been hybridized and selected over the last 10,000 or so years to yield an impressive diversity of varieties.
—Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 18 Oct. 2024
Cultivators are using genetic sequencing and are hybridizing cultivars from ever more distant lineages to hunt for improvements, plus sheer aesthetic novelty.
—Mattha Busby, WIRED, 10 Oct. 2024
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hybridize
verb
hy·brid·ize
ˈhī-brə-ˌdīz
hybridized; hybridizing
: to produce or cause to produce hybrids : interbreed
hybridizer
noun
ˈhī-brə-ˌdī-zər
Medical Definition
hybridize
verb
hy·brid·ize
variants
also British hybridise
hybridized also British hybridised; hybridizing also British hybridising
: to cause to interbreed or combine so as to produce hybrids
hybridize two species
fuse and hybridize somatic cells of two different species
hybridize two DNAs
: to produce hybrids
hybridizer
noun
also British hybridiser
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