crossbreed Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun (genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species
hybrid; cross.
- a mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey
verb breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties
hybridize; interbreed; cross; hybridise.
- cross a horse and a donkey
- Mendel tried crossbreeding
- these species do not interbreed

A breed or an animal produced from parents of different breeds; a new variety, as of plants, combining the qualites of two parent varieties or stocks.
Anything partaking of the natures of two different things; a hybrid.