hybridize
verb
hy·brid·ize
ˈhī-brə-ˌdīz 
hybridized; hybridizing
: to cause to produce hybrids : interbreed
: to produce hybrids
hybridizer
noun
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Members of the taxonomic genus Cucurbita, the half dozen or so original species have been hybridized and selected over the last 10,000 or so years to yield an impressive diversity of varieties.
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Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 18 Oct. 2024
Cultivators are using genetic sequencing and are hybridizing cultivars from ever more distant lineages to hunt for improvements, plus sheer aesthetic novelty.
—Mattha Busby, WIRED, 10 Oct. 2024
Neandertals themselves might not have died out so much as simply been absorbed into H. sapiens populations in a process known as genetic swamping, through which a common species can hybridize a rare one out of existence.
—Rebecca Heisman, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2024
The researchers looked at both the eastern and western Joshua trees, which have some differences — for instance, each is pollinated by a different species of yucca moth — but also hybridize and occupy overlapping climates, as the study notes.
—Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2024
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Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 18 Oct. 2024
Cultivators are using genetic sequencing and are hybridizing cultivars from ever more distant lineages to hunt for improvements, plus sheer aesthetic novelty.
—Mattha Busby, WIRED, 10 Oct. 2024
Neandertals themselves might not have died out so much as simply been absorbed into H. sapiens populations in a process known as genetic swamping, through which a common species can hybridize a rare one out of existence.
—Rebecca Heisman, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2024
The researchers looked at both the eastern and western Joshua trees, which have some differences — for instance, each is pollinated by a different species of yucca moth — but also hybridize and occupy overlapping climates, as the study notes.
—Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2024
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hybridize
verb
hy·brid·ize
ˈhī-brə-ˌdīz
hybridized; hybridizing
: to produce or cause to produce hybrids : interbreed
hybridizer
noun
ˈhī-brə-ˌdī-zər
Medical Definition
hybridize
verb
hy·brid·ize
variants
also British hybridise
hybridized also British hybridised; hybridizing also British hybridising
: to cause to interbreed or combine so as to produce hybrids
hybridize two species
fuse and hybridize somatic cells of two different species
hybridize two DNAs
: to produce hybrids
hybridizer
noun
also British hybridiser
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