As adjectives the difference between variegated and hybrid
is that variegated is streaked, spotted, or otherwise marked with a variety of color; very colorful while hybrid is consisting of diverse 'hybridized' components.
As a verb variegated
is past tense of variegate.
As a noun hybrid is
offspring resulting from cross-breeding different entities, e.g. two different species or two purebred parent strains.
variegated
English
Adjective
(
en adjective)
Streaked, spotted, or otherwise marked with a variety of color; very colorful.
Related terms
* variegate
Verb
(head)
(variegate)
hybrid
English
Noun
(
en noun)
(
wikipedia hybrid)
(biology) Offspring resulting from cross-breeding different entities, e.g. two different species or two purebred parent strains.
Something of mixed origin or composition.
A word whose elements are derived from different languages.
Short for hybrid vehicle (especially a car), one that runs on both fuel (gasoline/diesel) and electricity (battery or energy from the sun).
(golf) A golf club that combines the characteristics of an iron and a wood.
Synonyms
* (l), (l)
Adjective
(
en adjective)
Consisting of diverse 'hybridized' components.
Related terms
* hybrida
* hybridise / hybridize
* hybridism
* hybridist
* hybridity
* hybrid car
* hybrid computer
* hybrid tea, hybrid tea rose
See also
* transgenic
* cultivar
References
* hybrid, page 216, chapter: A Miscegenation Vocabulary in Interracialism, Terms from the Oxford English Dictionary, book: Black White Intermarriage in Americal History, Literature and Law, Edited by Werner Sollor, Oxford University Press, 2000 [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=tggfcZQyofAC&pg=PA216&dq=minton+warren+hybrida&client=firefox-av=onepage&q=minton%20warren%20hybrida&f=false]
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