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hybrid

hybrid

31 3.7
Made by crossing two different kinds of animal or plant
  • adjective
  • /ˈhaɪbrɪd/
translation icon : híbrido
  • Farmers often use hybrid crops to improve yield and disease resistance.
  • hybrid seeds
  • hybrid corn

But yeah, they do have some some hybrid varieties that that they like to test out.

Examples

  • The scientists created a new hybrid plant by crossbreeding two different species of flowers.

  • "As different agroecologies require different hybrids, AGRA is funding hybrid breeding efforts in Kenya, Uganda, Mali, and soon in Malawi."

    Academic text (2008)
  • I thought you were talking about hybrid animals.

  • - It has a hybrid nervous system.

  • Online tools and resources are a significant component of the hybrid training.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The Learning Commons is on a hybrid schedule this year.

    Academic text (2011)
  • I want you to let us keep this hybrid organism here, in my private laboratory.

  • Couple years ago, I was put on a short list for a paper I wrote on hybrid strains.

  • Calhoun Industries lay sod for top courses throughout the country, grown from our specialized hybrid sod seed right here in Ducktown.

  • Zhao, Lei, Yan, Lai, and Tan (2005) also found advantages for hybrid learning over only online communication.

    Academic text (2013)

Synonyms

crossbred
vshybrid
4.8

An animal or plant bred from parents of different breeds, sometimes from different species

is the same term for offspring of different species, varieties, or breeds
intercrossed
vshybrid
  • Specialized
8.1

Made by breeding two different types of the same animal or plant

is the general label for offspring from different species or varieties
mongrelized
vshybrid
  • Informal
9.2

An animal or plant born from parents of different breeds

focuses on offspring made by deliberate breeding of different species or varieties

Compounds

7 3.2

A car that uses electricity and petrol to save fuel and make less pollution

hybrid vigor
  • Specialized
1 6.1

Greater growth, health, or amount produced in young plants and animals from two different parents

A fruit made by changing its genes or by breeding two different fruits that people see as unnatural

hybrid petunia
  • Specialized
6.3

A garden flower made by crossing two different petunias with single or double bright blooms

8.9

A garden plant that grows from a thick underground stem and has large colorful flowers

How Modified

transgenic
  • Specialized
1 8.2
gm
  • Specialized
4.6
hybrid
31 3.7
purebred
  • Specialized
11 4.6
natural
1.0

Surface Forms

hybrid positive

Etymology

Hybrid as an adjective comes from the same Latin hybrida, meaning an animal of two different kinds, so when we call a plant or animal hybrid we mean it was made by 'crossing' two different varieties to get certain traits.