Crossbred vs Crossbreed - What's the difference?
crossbred | crossbreed |
Produced by breeding from two breeds, varieties or species.
(crossbreed)
To produce (an organism) by the mating]] of individuals of different breeds, [[variety, varieties, or species; hybridize.
*{{quote-news, year=1988, date=April 15, author=James Krohe Jr., title=Where Has All the Flora Gone?, work=Chicago Reader
, passage=Recalling the crossbreeding of the lakeside daisy, he insists, "If we hadn't polluted that population with Ohio plants it might have vanished. }}
To mate so as to produce a hybrid; interbreed.
To mate (an organism) with another organism so as to produce a hybrid.
An organism produced by mating]] of individuals of different [[variety, varieties or breeds.
As verbs the difference between crossbred and crossbreed
is that crossbred is past tense of crossbreed while crossbreed is to produce (an organism) by the mating of individuals of different breeds, varieties, or species; hybridize.As an adjective crossbred
is produced by breeding from two breeds, varieties or species.As a noun crossbreed is
an organism produced by mating of individuals of different varieties or breeds.crossbred
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(head)Synonyms
* mixed-bloodVerb
(head)crossbreed
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Alternative forms
* cross-breedVerb
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