hybridizer

1 7.8

A person or tool that breeds plants and animals to make new kinds

noun
/ˈhaɪbrɪdaɪzər/

Specialized

: hibridista

Today, Cultivaris collaborates with over 50 hybridizers worldwide to develop unique plant varieties.
an amateur hybridizer

Examples

The hybridizer developed a new variety of rose that blooms all summer.
Many modern fruits are the result of work by a skilled hybridizer.
A hybridizer may use careful selection to combine the best traits of two species.
A skilled hybridizer can create new plant varieties.
The hybridizers at the botanical garden are very innovative.
Mr. Thompson is a renowned hybridizer known for his innovative plant breeds.
Eric Tankesley-Clarke is an expert hybridizer specializing in bearded irises and daylilies.

Synonyms

hybridist

vshybridizer

Specialized

1 9.0

A person who breeds plants or animals to make new kinds

is broader and can mean a person or thing that creates hybrids

crosser

vshybridizer

Specialized

8.0

An animal or plant used to make new kinds by mating different types

focuses on the creator role rather than simply the breeding subject

How Skilled

expert

165 3.5

specialist

267 3.9

hybridizer

Specialized

1 7.8

breeder

55 3.1

novice

51 3.4

Surface Forms

hybridizer singular

hybridizers plural

Morphology

hybridizer = hybridize (transparent) = hybrid + ize + er

Formed from the verb 'hybridize' with the productive agentive suffix '-er', meaning 'one who hybridizes'.

Etymology

Hybridizer comes from hybrid meaning 'a mix of two types' and the ending -izer meaning 'someone who makes or does'. So a hybridizer is a person who makes new plants or animals by mixing two kinds, which explains the modern meaning.