hybrid vigor
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- noun
- /ˈhaɪbrɪd ˈvɪɡər/
- Specialized
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vigor híbrido
- The resulting hybrid vigor makes wild cattle species attractive for boosting the quality of local meat-producing stocks.
Examples
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I'm a firm believer in hybrid vigor.
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However, hybrid vigor lasts for one seeding, underscoring the importance of new agroecologically based seed companies and retailers who, as Joe DeVries says, will "get the new seeds into Africa's hinterland."
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Now, a hybrid vigor occurs between generations, right?
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Hybrid animals, as opposed to plants that often show "hybrid vigor," are often less able than either of their parent species.
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But I still think literature is richer for their hybrid vigor.
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I'd use the words hybrid vigor, you know the term in biology, hybrid vigor.
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Hybrid vigor.
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Heterosis, or hybrid vigor... may be an important factor in these latter traits... and the crossing of genetic unlikes... produces heterosis for best crossbreeding.
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A mule (perhaps the best-known example of so-called hybrid vigor) inherits its size and strength from its horse mother and its surefootedness from its donkey father.
Academic text (2002) -
Crossbred plants often demonstrate hybrid vigor, growing larger and yielding more fruit than their purebred counterparts.
Synonyms
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Better growth in a hybrid plant or animal than its parents
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'hybrid' (offspring of different parents) combined with 'vigor' (strength/robustness) yields the idea of the vigor or robustness of a hybrid. This straightforward noun–noun construction (denoting increased strength/performance in hybrids) is conceptually transparent and similar across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer the meaning.
Etymology
Hybrid vigor comes from farming and animal breeding. When two different plants or animals are mixed, the young, a hybrid, often show more vigor, as they grow faster, resist disease, or give a bigger crop. So hybrid vigor means a mixed offspring is 'stronger' or gives a 'better yield' than either parent.