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- Dictionarycross-breed/ˈkrɒsbriːd/
verb
- 1. produce (an animal or plant) by mating or hybridizing two different species, breeds, or varieties: "he taught himself how to cross-breed superior seeds"
noun
- 1. an animal or plant produced by mating or hybridizing two different species, breeds, or varieties: "a cross-breed Labrador"
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A crossbreed is an animal or plant that is a mixture of breeds and is therefore a new variety. Learn how to use the word crossbreed as a noun or a verb, and see synonyms and related words for breeds and breeding.
- English (US)
to cause a plant or animal to breed with another plant or...
- Znaczenie Crossbreed, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary
crossbreed definicja: 1. an animal or plant that is a...
- Translate to Mandarin Chinese
crossbreed translate: （动植物的）杂交品种. Learn more in the...
- Translate to Traditional Chinese
CROSSBREED translate: （動植物的）雜交品種. Learn more in the...
- English (US)
The meaning of CROSSBREED is hybridize, cross; especially : to cross (two varieties or breeds) within the same species. How to use crossbreed in a sentence.
To produce a hybrid animal or plant by breeding two animals or two plants of different species or varieties. For example, crossbreeding a male donkey with a female horse will produce a mule.
If one species of animal or plant cross-breeds with another, they reproduce, and new or different animals or plants are produced. You can also say that someone cross-breeds something such as an animal or plant.
A crossbreed is an organism with purebred parents of two different breeds, varieties, or populations. Crossbreeding, sometimes called "designer crossbreeding", is the process of breeding such an organism. While crossbreeding is used to maintain health and viability of organisms, irresponsible crossbreeding can also produce organisms of inferior ...
to cause a plant or animal to breed with another plant or animal of a different type in order to produce a new variety (= type of plant or animal) : There was no scientific evidence that lambs and goats could crossbreed. Asian pears are a variety developed by crossbreeding pears and apples. Synonym. cross.
crossbreed in British English. (ˈkrɒsˌbriːd ) verb Word forms: -breeds, -breeding, -bred. 1. Also: interbreed. to breed (animals or plants) using parents of different races, varieties, breeds, etc. noun. 2. the offspring produced by such a breeding.
