hybridization

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hybridization - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Hybridization \Hy`brid*i*za"tion\, n.
     The act of hybridizing, or the state of being hybridized.
     [1913 Webster]

hybridization - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  hybridization
      n 1: (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties
           of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids [syn:
           hybridization, hybridisation, crossbreeding,
           crossing, cross, interbreeding, hybridizing]