hybridize

[ hahy-bri-dahyz ]
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verb (used with object),hy·brid·ized, hy·brid·iz·ing.
  1. to cause to produce hybrids; cross.

  2. to breed or cause the production of (a hybrid).

  1. to form in a hybrid manner.

verb (used without object),hy·brid·ized, hy·brid·iz·ing.
  1. to produce hybrids.

  2. to cause the production of hybrids by crossing.

  1. to form a double-stranded nucleic acid of two single strands of DNA or RNA, or one of each, by allowing the base pairs of the separate strands to form complementary bonds.

  2. to fuse two cells of different genotypes into a hybrid cell.

Origin of hybridize

1
First recorded in 1835–45; hybrid + -ize
  • Also especially British, hy·brid·ise .

Other words from hybridize

  • hy·brid·iz·a·ble, adjective
  • hy·brid·i·za·tion, noun
  • hy·brid·ist, hy·brid·iz·er, noun
  • in·ter·hy·brid·ize, verb (used without object), in·ter·hy·brid·ized, in·ter·hy·brid·iz·ing.

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How to use hybridize in a sentence

  • It is one of our American hybridizers' hopes and aims to cross this with a hardy rose to gain sufficient stamina for the North.

    Making a Rose Garden | Henry H. Saylor
  • French, English, German and American hybridizers have vied with each other in bringing out new forms.

  • Amateur hybridizers of an audacious class are wanted because, hitherto, operators have kept so much to the beaten paths.

    About Orchids | Frederick Boyle

British Dictionary definitions for hybridize

hybridize

hybridise

/ (ˈhaɪbrɪˌdaɪz) /


verb
  1. to produce or cause to produce hybrids; crossbreed

Derived forms of hybridize

  • hybridizable or hybridisable, adjective
  • hybridization or hybridisation, noun
  • hybridizer or hybridiser, noun

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