n. [ L. hybrida, hibrida, prob. allied to Gr. &unr_; wantonness (as if unbridled, lawless, unnatural), perh. akin to Gr.
a.
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.
v. i. (Biol.) To produce hybrid offspring; to interbreed; to cross. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. One who hybridizes. [ 1913 Webster ]