hybridize

[ hahy-bri-dahyz ]

/ ˈhaɪ brɪˌdaɪz /

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verb (used with object), hy·brid·ized, hy·brid·iz·ing.

to cause to produce hybrids; cross.

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

to form in a hybrid manner.

verb (used without object), hy·brid·ized, hy·brid·iz·ing.

to produce hybrids.

to cause the production of hybrids by crossing.

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.

Nearby words

hybrid vigor, hybrid vigour, hybridism, hybridity, hybridization, hybridize, hybridoma, hybris, hyd., hydantoin, hydathode

Also especially British, hy·brid·ise.

Origin of hybridize

First recorded in 1835–45; hybrid + -ize

Related formshy·brid·iz·a·ble, adjectivehy·brid·i·za·tion, nounhy·brid·ist, hy·brid·iz·er, nounin·ter·hy·brid·ize, verb (used without object), in·ter·hy·brid·ized, in·ter·hy·brid·iz·ing.

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Examples from the Web for hybridization

The artificial process is practically the same in hybridization as in cross-fertilization, but usually requires more care.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7|Various
In Latin America hybridization has been prodigious, the hybrids to-day numbering millions.
The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy|Theodore Lothrop Stoddard
Our best types are largely the ones which have been secured by hybridization and the same will be true of nuts.
Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifth Annual Meeting|Various
Hybridization occurs when ovules are fertilized by pollen of some other (necessarily some nearly related) species.
The Elements of Botany|Asa Gray

There is no evidence of intergradation or hybridization between spectabilis and deserti.
Life History of the Kangaroo Rat|Charles T. Vorhies and Walter P. Taylor

British Dictionary definitions for hybridization

hybridize

hybridise

/ (ˈhaɪbrɪˌdaɪz) /

verb

to produce or cause to produce hybrids; crossbreed

Derived Formshybridizable or hybridisable, adjectivehybridization or hybridisation, nounhybridizer or hybridiser, noun

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Word Origin and History for hybridization

hybridization

1824, from hybridize (1802, from hybrid + -ize) + -ation.

Culture definitions for hybridization

hybridization

Producing offspring from parents of different stock.

Note

Hybridization is used extensively in agriculture, where new forms of hardy and disease-resistant plants are produced commercially.

hybridize

verb (used without object), hy·brid·ized, hy·brid·iz·ing.

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hybridize

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Word Origin and History for hybridization

hybridization

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hybridization

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