hybridize
verb (used with object)
to cause to produce hybrids; cross.
hybridizer
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a word derived from
hybridize.
Example Sentences
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A key to Mr. Barnes’s books is that in style as well as form he is a hybridizer, able to combine seemingly contrary temperaments into a single writing voice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
For one, he said, it comes from a fragrant red rose known as Lasting Love, bred by French hybridizer Michel Adam.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2025
This is why, when you visit the garden of a fellow daffodil worshiper, to ask the name of a cultivar is also to get the name of the hybridizer.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 14, 2015
And Leo Sharp is their Don King — a widely admired hybridizer with nearly 180 officially registered day lilies to his name.
From New York Times ● Jun. 11, 2014
The same argument enables us to understand why Cypripeds lend themselves so readily to the hybridizer.
From About Orchids A Chat by Frederick Boyle
