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- verb Present participle of
hybridise .
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Examples
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Although as weekend_viking says, they may be rampantly hybridising.
Toitoi in the moonlight StyleyGeek 2007
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The vegetables which are available for daily use offer a wide and most interesting field to the expert in selecting and hybridising.
The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition Sutton and Sons
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Of late years these beautiful flowers have received much attention, not only from the trade, but also from amateurs, some of whom have taken much pains in crossing the species by hybridising, notably the late Rev.J. G. Nelson.
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The Pentstemon has of late years been much improved by hybridising, so that now the flowers, which resemble foxgloves, are not only larger than those of the typical forms, but also brighter, and few subjects in our gardens can vie with them for effectiveness; moreover, they are produced for several months together on the same plants, and always have a remarkably fresh appearance.
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But by seed the process of propagation is slow, and not advisable unless the object is to obtain new varieties -- a very easy matter, by the way, with this family, if the simple rules of cross-hybridising are applied.
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She was successful in “budding” and in hybridising roses, and produced several beautiful varieties.
Alfred Russel Wallace Letters and Reminiscences Marchant, James 1916
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This latter alternative has not been sufficiently attended to; but I believe, from observations communicated to me by Mr. Rewitt, who has had great experience in hybridising pheasants and fowls, that the early death of the embryo is a very frequent cause of sterility in first crosses.
IX. Hybridism. Origin and Causes of the Sterility of First Crosses and of Hybrids 1909
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This latter alternative has not been sufficiently attended to; but I believe, from observations communicated to me by Mr. Hewitt, who has had great experience in hybridising pheasants and fowls, that the early death of the embryo is a very frequent cause of sterility in first crosses.
Life and Habit Samuel Butler 1868
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This latter alternative has not been sufficiently attended to; but I believe, from observations communicated to me by Mr Hewitt, who has had great experience in hybridising gallinaceous birds, that the early death of the embryo is a very frequent cause of sterility in first crosses.
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This latter alternative has not been sufficiently attended to; but I believe, from observations communicated to me by Mr. Hewitt, who has had great experience in hybridising gallinaceous birds, that the early death of the embryo is a very frequent cause of sterility in first crosses.
On the Origin of Species~ Chapter 08 (historical) Charles Darwin 1859
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