hybrid

Examples

• All

• 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.

  I Love You, Man (2009)

• - It has a hybrid nervous system.

  Terminator Salvation (2009)

• 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.

  Godmonster of Indian Flats (1973)

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

  The Predator (2018)

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

  Daltry Calhoun (2005)

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

  Academic text (2013)

Synonyms

C

crossbred

vshybrid

1 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

I

intercrossed

vshybrid

• Specialized

1 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

M

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

H

hybrid car

11 3.2

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

H

hybrid vigor

• Specialized

1 6.1

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

H

hybrid petunia

• Specialized

1 6.3

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

F

frankenfruit hybrid

• Slang

9.9

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

H

hybrid tuberous begonia

• Specialized

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

25 4.6

hybrid

23 3.7

purebred

• Specialized

10 4.6

natural

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology