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Definition of hybridize verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

hybridize

verb

NAmE//ˈhaɪbrəˌdaɪz//

[intransitive, transitive] hybridize (something) (technology)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they hybridize

he / she / it hybridizes

past simple hybridized

-ing form hybridizing

if an animal or a plant hybridizes or is hybridized with an animal or a plant of another species, they join together to produce a hybrid

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hybridization

NAmE//ˌhaɪbrədəˈzeɪʃn//

noun [uncountable]See hybridize in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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