hybrid vigor

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Origin of hybrid vigor

First recorded in 1915–20

Words nearby hybrid vigor

hybrid learning, hybridoma, hybrid perpetual, hybrid rock, hybrid tea, hybrid vigor, hybrid vigour, hybris, Hycodan, hyd., hydantoin

How to use hybrid vigor in a sentence

Manufacturers are busily introducing new models of all-electric and hybrid cars.
Charging Up|The Daily Beast|October 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
So it was fun to see how they strung those together and had the hybrid between live-action and animation.
How Carrie Preston Became The Good Wife’s Favorite Scene Stealer|Kevin Fallon|October 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The hugely popular website Weibo, a hybrid of Twitter and Facebook, was blocked.
Occupy Hong Kong Hangs On|Lennox Samuels|September 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Well, apparently, neither is Dunham, who on Tuesday will release her advice book/memoir hybrid, Not That Kind of Girl.
Speed Read: Lena Dunham’s Most Shocking Confessions From ‘Not That Kind of Girl’|Kevin Fallon|September 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST

With each passing month, about 11,000 new all-electric or plug-in hybrid vehicles hit the road.
Paved Paradise|The Daily Beast|September 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She bathed Madame Ratignolle's face with cologne, while Robert plied the fan with unnecessary vigor.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
A fellow rudely clad—a hybrid between man-at-arms and lackey—lounged on a musket to confront them in the gateway.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
Tim says more by the vigor of his smoking than Perry Thomas could express in a year's oration.
The Soldier of the Valley|Nelson Lloyd
Gunn possessed a purple complexion which attained to full vigor of coloring in the nasal region.
Dope|Sax Rohmer
He possessed a mind of great vigor and enterprise, and was characterized by integrity and amiableness.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell

Scientific definitions for hybrid vigor

hybrid vigor

The increased vigor or general health, resistance to disease, and other superior qualities that are often manifested in hybrid organisms, especially plants and animals. Compare inbreeding depression.