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Crossbred vs Crossbreed - What's the difference?

crossbred | crossbreed |

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

English

Adjective

(head)
  • Produced by breeding from two breeds, varieties or species.
  • Synonyms

    * mixed-blood

    Verb

    (head)
  • (crossbreed)
  • crossbreed

    English

    Alternative forms

    * cross-breed

    Verb

  • 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 citation
  • , 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.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An organism produced by mating]] of individuals of different [[variety, varieties or breeds.