Definitions for: Crossbreed

[n] an offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species
[v] 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"

Webster (1913) Definition: Cross"breed` (-br[=e]d`), n.
1. A breed or an animal produced from parents of different
breeds; a new variety, as of plants, combining the
qualities of two parent varieties or stocks.

2. Anything partaking of the natures of two different things;
a hybrid.

Synonyms: cross, hybrid, hybridise, hybridize, interbreed

See Also: being, breed, crossbred, organism

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