n. [ L. hybrida, hibrida, prob. allied to Gr. &unr_; wantonness (as if unbridled, lawless, unnatural), perh. akin to Gr. "ype`r over, E. over: cf. F. hybride.] 1. (Biol.) The offspring of the union of two animals or plants derived from recognizably different genetic lines, as two distinct species, or two strains of the same species with known genetic differences; an animal or plant produced from the mixture of two genetic lines. See Mongrel. [1913 Webster +PJC]

2. (Philol.) A word composed of elements which belong to different languages. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

3. anything derived by a mixture of components or characteristics from two distinctly different sources; as, a musical hybrid; a DNA-RNA hybrid. [PJC]

a. 1. Produced from the mixture of two genetically distinct strains; as, plants of hybrid nature. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. derived by a mixture of characteristics from two distinctly different sources; as, a hybrid musical style; a hybrid DNA molecule. [ PJC ]

n. The state or quality of being hybrid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who hybridizes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Hybridism. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of forming a hybrid, or of being subjected to a hybridizing process; capable of producing a hybrid by union with another species or stock. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hybridizable genera are rarer than is generally supposed, even in gardens where they are so often operated upon, under circumstances most favorable to the production of hybrids. J. D. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of hybridizing, or the state of being hybridized. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hybridized p. pr. & vb. n. Hybridizing ] To render hybrid; to produce by mixture of stocks. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. (Biol.) To produce hybrid offspring; to interbreed; to cross. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. One who hybridizes. [ 1913 Webster ]