interbreed

Definition of Interbreed in English :

breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties

Example Sentences:
'cross a horse and a donkey'
'Mendel tried crossbreeding'
'these species do not interbreed'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Interbreed

verb -breeds, -breeding or -bred

1. (intransitive)

to breed within a single family or strain so as to produce particular characteristics in the offspring

2. another term for crossbreed (sense 1)

verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: ˌinterˈbred or ˌinterˈbreeding

hybridize

v. in·ter·bred (-brĕd), in·ter·breed·ing, in·ter·breeds

v.intr.

1. To breed with individuals of another species, subspecies, or variety; crossbreed: dogs interbreeding with wolves.

2. To breed regularly with others of the same kind: a species as a group of individuals that interbreed.

v.tr.

To cause to interbreed.