hybridize

hy·brid·ize  (hbr-dz)

intr. & tr.v. hy·brid·ized, hy·brid·iz·ing, hy·brid·iz·es

1. To produce or cause to produce hybrids; crossbreed.

2. To form base pairs between complementary regions of (two strands of DNA that were not originally paired).

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hybrid·i·zation (-br-d-zshn) n.

hybrid·izer n.

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hybridize or -ise

Verb

[-izing, -ized] or -ising, -ised to produce or cause (species) to produce hybrids; crossbreed

hybridization
-isation n

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

hybridize - breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties; "cross a horse and a donkey"; "Mendel tried crossbreeding"; "these species do not interbreed" crossbreed, hybridise, interbreed, cross breed - cause to procreate (animals); "She breeds dogs" backcross - mate a hybrid of the first generation with one of its parents