- hybridization, hybridisation, crossbreeding, crossing, cross, interbreeding, hybridizing - (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
--1 is a kind of coupling, mating, pairing, conjugation, union, sexual union
--1 has particulars:dihybrid cross; monohybrid cross; reciprocal cross, reciprocal; testcross, test-cross Derived form: verb hybridise1