hybridize
/ˈhʌɪbrɪdʌɪz
/(also hybridise)
verb [with object]
1Cross-breed (individuals of two different species or varieties): a few gardeners hybridize their roses...
- Growers began to hybridize these native species with other varieties imported to Hawaii, which produced the huge kaleidoscope of colors and sizes available today.
- A lot of the common large-flowering varieties were hybridized after 1940 in England and the Netherlands.
- The following varieties were hybridized at the end of 1900, but they are still the most popular.
Synonyms
cross-breed, cross, interbreed, mix, intermix, blend, combine, amalgamate;
cross-fertilize, cross-pollinate
1.1 [no object] (Of an animal or plant) breed with an individual of another species or variety: most ducks will hybridize in captivity...
- About 200,000 years ago, at nearly the same time that modern humans originated in Africa, two diploid grass species hybridized to form polyploid wheat in the Middle East.
- Rather than gradually adapt to a new host plant, the flies hybridized.
- However, species may hybridize long after speciation, which may pose problems in phylogenetic reconstruction, especially when molecular data are used.
Derivatives
hybridizable
- Thus, only transcripts of the reporter gene at the L region generated a hybridizable RNA product.
- The range of genetic variation within a species or from readily hybridizable species may be limited.
hybridizer
- Eventually Dutch hybridizers (specialists who breed flowers with specific characteristics) managed to duplicate the exotic mosaic patterns in healthy plants.
- It wasn't until early in this century that American hybridizers found the key that unlocked the full potential of this favorite cut and garden flower.
- Since the early 1600s, Dutch tulip hybridizers have attempted to breed a pure black tulip.