hybridize
to cause to produce hybrids; cross.
to breed or cause the production of (a hybrid).
to form in a hybrid manner.
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.
to fuse two cells of different genotypes into a hybrid cell.
Origin of hybridize
1- 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. SaylorFrench, English, German and American hybridizers have vied with each other in bringing out new forms.
The Mayflower, January, 1905 | VariousAmateur 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
hybridise
/ (ˈhaɪbrɪˌdaɪz) /
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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