Hybrid definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary HYB'RID, n. [Gr. injury ... r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: produced by crossbreeding [syn: hybrid, intercrossed] n 1: a word that is composed of parts ... Greek prefix and a Latin root) [syn: loanblend, loan-blend, hybrid] 2: a composite of mixed origin; "the vice-presidency is a hybrid of administrative and legislative offices" 3: (genetics) an organism that ... is a cross between a horse and a donkey" [syn: hybrid, crossbreed, cross] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: Latin hybrida Date ... composition ; composite < hybrids of complementary DNA and RNA strands > < a hybrid of medieval and Renaissance styles > b. something (as a ...
hybrid tea rose definitions Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1888 any of numerous moderately hardy cultivated hybrid bush roses grown especially for their strongly recurrent bloom of large usually scentless flowers — called also hybrid tea
Variety hybrid definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Variety Va*ri"e*ty ... usually dependent upon, or caused by, peculiarities of climate. Variety hybrid (Biol.), a cross between two individuals of different varieties of ...
hybrid vigor definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: (genetics ... have qualities superior to those of either parent [syn: heterosis, hybrid vigor] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1918 heterosis
hybrid petunia definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: hybrids ... or double flowers in colors from white to purple [syn: hybrid petunia, Petunia hybrida]
... or fecundating dust of another. This is called also a hybrid. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse; usually ... mul, from Latin mulus Date: 13th century 1. a. a hybrid between a horse and a donkey; especially the offspring of ... donkey and a mare b. a self-sterile plant whether hybrid or not c. a usually sterile hybrid 2. a very stubborn person 3. a machine for simultaneously ... 2 a stupid or obstinate person. 3 (often attrib.) a hybrid and usu. sterile plant or animal (mule canary). 4 ( ...
tangelo definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: hybrid between grapefruit and mandarin orange; cultivated especially in Florida [syn ... tangelo tree, ugli fruit, Citrus tangelo] 2: large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin [syn ... the fruit of a tree (Citrus × tangelo) that is a hybrid between a tangerine or mandarin orange and a grapefruit; also the tree Oxford Reference Dictionary n. (pl. -os) a hybrid of the tangerine and grapefruit. Etymology: TANGERINE + POMELO Webster's ... a^]n"j[-e]*l[=o]), n. [Tangerine + pomelo.] A hybrid between the tangerine orange and the grapefruit, or pomelo; also ...
... is a cross between a horse and a donkey" [syn: hybrid, crossbreed, cross] v 1: breed animals or plants using parents ... to engage in or undergo hybridization II. noun Date: 1774 hybrid Webster's 1913 Dictionary Crossbreed Cross"breed` (-br[=e]d ... Anything partaking of the natures of two different things; a hybrid. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary see cross-breed Moby Thesaurus Cape ... blood, half-bred, half-breed, half-caste, high yellow, hinny, hybrid, hybridize, inbreed, interbreed, intercross, ladino, liger, make love, mestee, mestiza ...
... is a cross between a horse and a donkey" [syn: hybrid, crossbreed, cross] 6: (genetics) the act of mixing different species ... or classes < a cross sample from 25 colleges > 6. crossbred, hybrid • crossly adverb • crossness noun IV. preposition Date: 1551 across V ... in cattle breeding; or the product of such intermixture; a hybrid of any kind. Toning down the ancient Viking into a ... holy-water sprinkler, honor point, hostile, hot seat, huffish, huffy, hybrid, hybridize, icon, immiscible, impalement, impaling, impediment, impedimenta, imposition, impugn, in ...
... clémentine probably from Clément Rodier, French priest who discovered the hybrid circa 1902 Date: 1943 a small nearly seedless citrus fruit that is probably a hybrid between a tangerine and an orange Oxford Reference Dictionary n. a small citrus fruit, thought to be a hybrid between a tangerine and sweet orange. Etymology: F clémentine Webster ...
... Dictionary Hybridize Hy"brid*ize, v. i. (Biol.) To produce hybrid offspring; to interbreed; to cross. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Hybridize ... p. p. Hybridized; p. pr. & vb. n. Hybridizing.] To render hybrid; to produce by mixture of stocks. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary ... hybridizes with another, the species reproduce together to make a hybrid. You can also say that you hybridize one species of ...
boysenberry definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: cultivated hybrid bramble of California having large dark wine-red fruit with ... reddish black fruit with a raspberry flavor; also the trailing hybrid bramble yielding this fruit and developed by crossing several blackberries ... Napa, Cal. Oxford Reference Dictionary n. (pl. -ies) 1 a hybrid of several species of bramble. 2 the large red edible ...